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...Hill of Arafat. The ulema ordered it destroyed because it desecrated a holy place, and the government reluctantly agreed. The royal family also endorses the ulema's determination to enforce strict Koranic law on Saudi citizens. Two Britons recently were arrested and deported after being found with a lone woman at a seaside picnic. In September, three Saudi men were beheaded after being caught having sexual relations with a woman in a tent. Thus, with the Islamic law so rigidly enforced, it is most unlikely that the religious leaders would ever lead a resistance movement against the House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Crescent of Crisis | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...Pharmacy and Aunt Martha's Antique Shop. Next to the police station (one chief, two patrol officers) on the west side of the street is Lake Enterprise, so low in this drought year that the tangled roots of the cypress trees are visible above the water line. One lone fisherman pilots his boat across the darkening surface. "It's best to keep on driving," a young Wilmot woman advises cheerfully, suggesting that there is nothing much in Wilmot to detain a passing stranger. But that has not proved true in the case of Dr. Thieu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arkansas: An M.D. from Saigon | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

Allen, who missed his lone field goal attempt of the first half, connected on six out of six in the second, and set up four more tallies with crisp passing. Meanwhile, Hooft poured in ten points (16 for the game) and the Harvard campaign...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Cagers Down Dartmouth; Hooft Leads All Scorers | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

NUMBER TWO: George, carrying the puck, led a two-on-one break with linemate Jackie Burke. Hughes lured the lone defender, and using the screen, Harvard's top goal scorer tattooed the upper left corner from 15 feet. Freshman David Burke, the center on George's line, freed Hughes and Jack Burke for the two-on-one with a pinpoint pass...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: George Hughes is Just the Utter Most | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

...organized sports for girls. Some feminists argue that in Texas more than elsewhere the preferred way for a girl to get ahead is to catch a man's eye, and what better way is there than twirling? Whatever its roots, the twirling line is as Texan as Lone Star Beer and chicken-fried steaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Twirling to Beat the Band | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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