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Saturday's Game erupted in short spurts, exciting plays sprinkled through a generally thick flow of action. As the wind whipped the partisans into a chilly, drunken numbness, attention wandered away from the field. The television commercial breaks didn't help the spectators stay comfortable, but the revenue will doubtless sweeten...

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: The Game | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

Many party leaders feel White's days as chairman are numbered, and the names of possible successors are floating around Washington as thick and fast as the résumés of out-of-work Democrats. Supporters of Edward Kennedy and Walter Mondale, now the two most obvious contenders for the presidency in 1984, are eager to gain control of the D.N.C. Senator Birch Bayh and House Majority Whip John Brademas, both from Indiana and both defeated two weeks ago, are mentioned as Kennedy's favorites. Mondale is said to prefer Charles T. Manatt, head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Musical Chair | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

After receiving my issue of TIME and finding the Essay entitled "The Global First Amendment War" almost completely censored with thick, black ink, I must agree with one of the few lines I was able to read: "Their [developing countries'] governments are, and have long been, in firm control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 17, 1980 | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

...temperatures with a bagful of survival tricks. Among them are its unusual abilities to retain water in the bloodstream (with the help of high concentrations of a special kind of albumin), sweat so little that its skin almost always feels dry, and keep out heat with a coat of thick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Samplings | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

...Eshleman, professor of Astronomy at Stanford University and one of the Voyager scientists, said yesterday. "We expect Titan's atmosphere to be almost three times as thick as the earth...

Author: By Susan L. Donner, | Title: Probe Identifies Ringlets Composing Saturn's Rings | 11/15/1980 | See Source »

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