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It certainly looked like an authentic election campaign in an emerging African nation. Buses adorned with blue and white balloons labored up and down the main street of Windhoek, the sun-swept territorial capital, loudspeakers blaring "Vote! Vote! Vote!" Mobile polls were transported to practically every village in Namibia, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NAMIBIA: Desert Mirage | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

In the first half, Harvard's tart passing produced a slew of layups underneath. Center Dave Coatsworth labored under the glass for 11 points while guard Tom Mannix rippled four jumpers from the corner, which is the A-1 shooting position for the hot-handed sophomore. The cagers were ahead...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Wagner Downs Cagers, 82-73 | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

In this secular age, God is not very popular among composers. One notable exception is Krzysztof Penderecki, 45, a Polish Roman Catholic. He has written a St. Luke's Passion (1966), Dies Irae, an oratorio for the victims at Auschwitz (1967) and a Magnificat (1974). For the past four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Heavenly Bore | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

But the President got able assistance from his Senate allies, especially Majority Leader Robert Byrd and Senators Henry Jackson and Alan Cranston. They labored skillfully to keep wobbling votes in line. The final tally was a bewildering blend of liberals and conservatives from both parties. The opposition, similarly, contained such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: We're Taking Control | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

Arthur Rex features hard-boiled knights in a pseudo-Arthurian landscape, and the clash of styles has the discordant ring of crossed lances at a joust. His heroes talk obsessively of "paps" and "mammets" (not, as Berger supposes, a variant of mammaries, but a medieval reference to Muhammad). The labored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Chivalry Is Dead | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

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