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Many will await the publication of the guidebook on how to commit suicide [July 7] and many will use its information gratefully. As a volunteer in nursing homes, I hear prayers nightly pleading to die before morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 28, 1980 | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...stricken, in flight, by food poisoning. There is another pilot (Robert Hays) aboard, but having led his squadron into disaster during combat, he is afraid to fly. Before finally agreeing to land the plane, he passes the time telling his sad, tedious story to fellow passengers, many of whom commit suicide-literally-rather than listen to his droning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Happy Landing | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

...leave town, to remove his boyish good looks and soccer talent from the clutches of the petit-bourgeois burghers of Trincamp, a quaint French ville whose occupants lust for a national soccer championship. But before Perrin can escape, the local cops nab him for a rape he didn't commit...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Pastry | 7/11/1980 | See Source »

...federal grand jury in Brooklyn handed down five, four of them involving Philadelphians. Two are Democratic Congressmen: Michael ("Ozzie") Myers and Raymond Lederer. The others: Philadelphia Councilman Louis Johanson, Attorney Howard Criden and Camden (N.J.) Mayor Angelo Errichetti. All are charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and defraud the U.S. They could receive prison terms of up to 25 years and fines of at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Accused | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

Reform, however, may not be as swift and easy as many at the Div School hope. A growing deficit could impede the development of the new curriculum, Rupp says, explaining that only if prospective donors feel the school is reducing curricular diffusion will they commit funds. Moreover, because the faculty is 90 per cent tenured, professors with new specialities may be hard to come...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: A Godsent Change | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

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