Word: hourse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nevertheless, TIME was well represented at the week's biggest story. East African Correspondent John Blashill was in Addis Ababa when the word came; it took him 30 hours to cover over 6,000 miles to Lagos, through Athens, Geneva and London. In from Paris flew Roland Flamini, and...
Half the job was getting the news out. "The public telex office was jammed day and night," reported Flamini. "The overloaded wires became more erratic with frequent breakdowns and wrong numbers. One correspondent waited hours, only to discover that he had transmitted his entire story to a Scandinavian machine-tool...
Within hours, the White House was summoning department heads for an unusual executive session of the Cabinet set for 3 p.m. Tuesday. No staff aides were invited. Attendance was held to 15: Nixon, Mayo, the twelve department chiefs and Donald Rumsfeld, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Normally, Cabinet...
Woman Power. The government has managed to meet the monthly rice ration of 30 pounds for the average worker, but the staple is now mixed with large amounts of Soviet wheat. Many find the result unpalatable. Domestic rice production takes about 40 times the number of man-hours per pound...
Limp and Sensuous. When the Richardsons saw how delighted the Rit people were with their four-day efforts, they decided to peddle their designs on their own. One interior decorator who saw the contents of Will Richardson's sample case suggested that Will drop downstairs and see Halston, the...