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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sports activites on Beacon St. wind down as the crowd grows. Earlier, tall men on roller skates careened down the steep hill, in and out between the barrels. The yellow cord now makes that impossible, and anyway, it's getting time to start thinking about serious things, like jockeying for position inside the Common. "As soon as you get in there, spread out," Elkhorn advises. "Take up as much room...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A City Awaits A Pope | 10/2/1979 | See Source »

...survivor. He had lived through the Stalin period, the Molotov era at the Foreign Ministry, and Khrushchev's roller coaster diplomacy. He had been Foreign Minister since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Andrei Gromyko | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...attraction is the piazza named Robson Square, after 19th century British Columbia Premier John Robson. A summer mecca for alfresco lunchers and outdoor shows by dance and theater groups, the square has two indoor theaters, three restaurants, a cosmopolitan food fair, an exhibition hall and an outdoor ice-or roller-skating rink. From the eastern end of the square, zigzagging tiers of steps lead through a sylvan setting to the government office building, which has rooftop pools and waterfalls tumbling over large picture windows. The building's 127,000 sq. ft. of open office space (for only 900 workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: Vancouver's Dazzling Center | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

Cimino decided to shoot much of the film in a majestic section of Montana's Glacier National Park. The other major location is the picturesque mining town of Wallace, Idaho. Cimino built an entire frontier street there. He also built a period roller rink called Heaven's Gate near the production headquarters in Kalispell, Mont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Making of Apocalypse Next | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

Georges Bonnemaison, a sportswriter and jazz critic for the Toulouse paper Dépêche du Midi, and his wife Régine venture into Central Park. Apparently expecting the tranquillity of Paris' Luxembourg Gardens, they confront instead bongo drums, tape decks, roller skaters, family picnics and baseball games. "Trap décontracté," says Mme. Bonnemaison, disgusted. Too relaxed. "Everyone does just what he wants!" New York is an interesting place to visit, but although they are amazed to find people actually living there, obviously it is impossible. Mixed reviews, thumbs waggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Thumbs Up for the U.S.A. | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

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