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...Jubilee inspired, inevitably, its share of schlock. Among the overpriced jubiliana being hawked in London were necklaces, beer mugs, T shirts, jeans, egg timers, shopping bags, ashtrays and thermometers. One London sex shop offered a matching bra-and-panties set, boldly emblazoned with the Queen's state coach and horses. Two British breweries offered pub customers a brace of special celebration brews: Queen's Ale and Silver Jubilee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Jubilee Bash for the Liz They Love | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...pumps gum like Fuller pumped brushes. "We'll do about $6 million this year," he says happily. "About 1.5 billion gumballs." Early in 1976 Uncle Al became a millionaire. He has jawbreaking novelties such as a nonmelting ice cream cone in 28 flavors, the solid-chicle Pterodactyl Egg ("You sit on it for 800 days nonstop"), Purple Poppers, Puckeroos, Powies and, most recently, Fu Man Chews, which are chewable Chinese checkers. Bachelor Silverstone says, "My life hasn't changed very much, but I'm enjoying it more all the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hot New Rich | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

...some chickens lay 157 million eggs and produce one fat turkey? Easy, when each egg is used to produce a dose of vaccine for the federal swine-flu immunization program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Stuck | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

...Galbraith's days, breakfast served as an integral part of that great Harvard educational institution, the dining hall, where many a bumpkin has learned grace, style and the art of fine conversation. Today, meals later in the day fill that role, and breakfast consists of a quick, watery egg to keep you going till lunch. All the same, when Dean Fox announced that only four Houses would serve hot breakfasts next year and that Mather and Dunster House students would have to walk three blocks to Leverett for their morning meal he aroused considerable student...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: Eating It | 5/10/1977 | See Source »

...stone. After a suitable confrontation with evil, the firebird triumphs. The girls are free, and the prince picks the fairest of them (Karena Brock) as his bride. In Balanchine's more sophisticated version, there are no golden apples, and the demon's spirit is not hiding in a big egg. It is refreshing to see the trappings of the fairy tales on display. The ballet's giddiest sequence is a brief game of apple catch, played with indolent good humor by the supposedly imprisoned girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: The Firebird: A Hop into History | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

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