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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final fatal blow. To amuse themselves further, the guards then order Max to undergo an appalling sexual test. He passes. The guards thought, as he tells Horst, " 'He's a bit bent.' They said, 'He can't' ... but I did." For his reward, Max is permitted to wear the yellow star marking him a Jew, which gives him preferential treatment over the homosexuals, who wear pink triangles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Walpurgisnacht | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...does not award prizes for correct guesses. Testing service officials have said, "The scores themselves are enough of a reward...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: The Crazy Kids at ETS | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...from the man they called "Spanish Tony," who carved his little niche of rock and roll history on the original Beggar's Banquet album cover: "Spanish Tony Where Are You," scrawled on a drainpipe by Keith Richards. Sanchez was a groupie, heroin was his pudendum, and $250 his weekly reward as drug conduit and fall guy for the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Stoned Wheat Thins | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...star stirs up, of having some popular sympathy and prestige rub off as a result of a supporting star's popularity. In turn, the star, on top of perhaps serving personal philosophical interests, enjoys a chance to bask in the presence of power. That may seem little reward, yet it may be of considerable importance to a king-size theatrical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Political Show Goes On | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Some Air Force hardliners, still smarting from the B-l experience, have insinuated that the J.C.S. chairmanship was the reward Jones got for going along with the White House. To be sure, Carter, like most Presidents, prizes team players. But the main element in Jones' selection was the problem-solving managerial talent that he had demonstrated during his four years as head of the Air Force and prior to that as commander in chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: He Is Exasperated with People About Half the Time | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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