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Who can forget O.J. Simpson, running through the flaming conflagration of The Towering Inferno in his first appearance on the big screen, only to hand Fred Astaire Jennifer Jones' cat--and leave Jennifer Jones to roast in the skyscraper. Or the likes of shipmate Roddy McDowall, saving some singing blonde...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Beneath the Planet of the 747s | 7/15/1980 | See Source »

The State Department contends that the high-rise skyscraper, designed by a Washington architectural firm, Metcalf & Eddy, would serve as a more secure garrison in case of attack than the suggested alternative of clustered bungalows. Huffed one official at State, defending the project: "No one in Cairo has raised a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Embassy Row on the Nile | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

Sitting in his office overlooking an expansive parking lot at Northeastern University, Fowler explains his interest in John Hancock. In the man who, for most, means life insurance. the skyscraper, or the hazy and not-too-interesting personage who endorsed the Constitution, Fowler sees a paradoxical politico. The dichotomous Hancock...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: The Man Behind the Signature | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

Skyscraper prices leave apartment seekers flat broke

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Playing Rental Roulette | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

All these assets, of course, are immovable and now in the hands of the Khomeini government (as are the famous crown jewels). But the Shah could easily have transferred cash income from them to banks abroad before his downfall, though stories of such transfers have so far proved unverifiable. Information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nobody Influences Me! | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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