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...gashouse gang grew rowdier as one reporter after another shoved in to yell questions over the din. This was, after all, no ordinary small-town election. Oh, I don't really care, said Billy 50 different ways. His most credible explanation: "I lost because I drink beer on Sundays and because I'm a Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GEORGIA: Little Brother's Loss | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

...banging and clanging got louder and louder, but Paul A. Cantor '66, assistant professor of English Literature, refused to be drowned out by the din. "I will not be stopped," he cried, continuing to lecture despite the noisy hubbub, like Demosthenes shouting against the waves...

Author: By Brian L. Zimbler, | Title: Sever Pipes Drowning Out Lectures | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

...Jimmy Carter's confidant, factotum and campaign manager from the first, Hamilton Jordan, 32, can be described as the chief architect of his boss's campaign. In an interview with TIME Correspondent John Stacks, Jordan (pronounced Jer-din) discussed his winning strategy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Engineering the Victory | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

Disco is the ultimate social dance experience. So say its devotees. The less enchanted flee its aural and visual din as from Chinese water torture. No matter. In thousands of mirrored, strobe-lighted discotheques around the U.S., the beautiful people, and some not so beautiful, dance the night and morning away to a loud, seamless stream of glossily recorded rhythm-and-blues songs. Disco has become not only an energetic way to play the mating game but also one of the hottest subindustries in the popular-entertainment field. In terms of the hit singles that can now be made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Enter the Disco Band | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

Despite the din, the session was actually anticlimactic. Ford gained seven votes from the night before, winning, with little suspense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONVENTION: Instant Replay: How Ford won It | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

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