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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...State Department and Immigration and Naturalization officials sought permission to question Vlasova. Soviet U.N. Ambassador Yevgeni Makeyev refused to allow the beleaguered ballerina off the aircraft. But on two occasions, two State Department officials were permitted aboard the plane, where they talked with Vlasova. Dressed in a snappy black jumpsuit, the dancer said she indeed desired to return home. "I love my husband. But he has made his decision to stay here, while I have made mine to leave." On each occasion, Vlasova spoke while surrounded by Soviet officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: Turmoil on the Tarmac | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

...Peep have "thousands of rules," reports Groll, but "they never force anyone to do anything." During one three-month phase, members constantly wore hoods over their heads and peered out through mirrored eye slits. The usual uniform is a brightly colored windbreaker over a jumpsuit. Gloves are worn at all times. Members can say yes, no or "I don't know" but otherwise communicate only by written messages. They study the Bible, forswear sex, drugs and alcohol. They are, however, permitted to watch TV newscasts and read newspapers to emphasize the differences between the values of the camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Flying Saucery in the Wilderness | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

...wonderful feeling to build something and fly it yourself," says Turner, who wore a hot-pink jumpsuit to match her plane. The upper left wing of her next plane is already in her living-room workshop, and her twelve-year-old son vows to build his own before he turns 16. Says the Pink Baroness: "The orange shag carpet is full of sawdust. Building planes is a good excuse for not cleaning house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Big Fly-In at Oshkosh | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

Those who have never seen Dolly gasp. That mountain of a teased blond wig and the hot-pink, jeweled jumpsuit are spectacular. Only five feet tall, she totters atop five-inch gold heels. Swinging into All I Can Do, she catches the eyes of the people in the front rows and plays to them, talking, teasing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: On the Rock Road with Dolly Parton | 4/18/1977 | See Source »

...chief hood (played by a corpulent Eugene Roche) runs a hot vehicles and appliances operation--that is to say, he's a couple of legalities removed from a used car salesman. He has neither taste nor an eye for sharp clothes; his favorite seems to be a terry-cloth jumpsuit. And where the old racketeers had bodyguards with pug noses and club-steak ears, this fellow hires a turtleneck-wearing glamour boy (John Considine) who might just as well be Lyle Waggoner. What's more, these contemporary villains have lost all sense of decorum. They try to impress by breaking...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Dyspepsia and Dark Alleys | 3/5/1977 | See Source »

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