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In one of his first cost-cutting moves, Jimmy Carter put the kibosh on all those Government-financed portraits that hang in the halls of Washington. They just weren't the sort of thing taxpayers should spend money on, said Jimmy. Last week the Commerce Department unveiled its answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 20, 1978 | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

The turning point in the Lions' fortunes this year came when they beat Princeton 38-36, in the Tigers' Jadwin Gym. Gene Bentz, whose nose would provide a suitable canvas for a Mount Rushmore miniature, hit a desperation jumper for the win. "When you beat Princeton at their own game...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The Line on the Lions | 3/3/1978 | See Source »

DIED. Abraham Rattner, 82, fiery Jewish artist best known for his brilliantly colored paintings with religious themes; of heart disease; in Manhattan. Born in the U.S. to parents who had fled from the Russian pogroms, Rattner after World War I settled in France, where his work was influenced by both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 27, 1978 | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

Dundee tells how he had barnstormed the country with the young Clay and finally brought him into Madison Square Garden in 1962 to fight Sonny Banks. "Banks hit Ali with the finest left hook I've ever seen. It would have floored King Kong. Ali's eyes glazed like he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greatest Is Gone | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

Not since Pete Rademacher stepped into a ring with Floyd Patterson in 1957 has a heavyweight fought for the title with as little experience as Leon Spinks. Rademacher commuted to the canvas seven times that night, then left in search of an ice pack. Spinks left with the heavyweight crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Leon Spinks Becomes a Somebody | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

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