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As NATO commander, Haig has won high praise from European leaders and the Carter Administration for his efforts to strengthen the alliance's defenses. But he disagreed with Carter's decision to delay development of the neutron bomb, and has expressed serious misgivings about the SALT II treaty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Quit and Run | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

In his book, Moynihan settles some scores with the man who more or less dumped him. While professing to admire Kissinger's energy, ambition and daring, Moynihan portrays him as a Machiavellian who never says what he means. He claims that Kissinger's former aide, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: War of Words | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

"She slapped me and said, 'There are no classes in America!' Then she said, 'Of course there are, but we never talk about it.' " Most Americans have only a spectator's interest in the problems of social kissing (a phenomenon they witness mainly on Johnny Carson) or in the protocol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's New Manners | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

The game's opening quarter is a mishmash of mistakes. The two teams play Alphonse and Gaston with turnovers, swapping fumbles and interceptions four times. Finally, Palmerton settles down and scores. Pleasant Valley's head coach, Tony Caracio, paces the sideline, trailing assistant coaches in his wake as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Pennsylvania: Trying to Make Football Injury-Free | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Scientists are changing the nature of crops so fast that, as George Kitahara puts it, "present varieties of fruit trees are obsolete before they are full grown." Consider, for instance, what scientists at the University of California at Davis are doing with the lowly tomato. They have developed a "square...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New American Farmer | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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