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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's bones must be spinning in his grave! Defense Attorney Flora Stuart's comparison of Marla Pitchford [Sept. 11] with Hester Prynne is far from valid. Hester Prynne never aborted the consequences of her actions with the Rev. Dimmesdale. She bore her child, raising it with courage and dignity, thus earning for both of them a sense of self-worth. Hester's passion was matched by her sense of responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 2, 1978 | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...phenomenon as old as the Republic but mercifully just as valid today as 202 years ago. Forget for these hours all the talk about creating a "new image" and also the considerable catalogue of complaints compiled against the 39th President. The bottom line this week on Camp David is that Carter took one big step for peace. If Americans know anything, they know how to read bottom lines. Until now Jimmy Carter's have been running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Sweet Fruits of Success | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...latest Al-Bireh order was necessary for security reasons. They point out that the disputed land adjoins the military governor's headquarters. As one official explained, "We do not want to be confronted one morning by houses on the borders of our military camps." That may be a valid point, except that Beth-El, meanwhile, is being built on land originally expropriated by Israel solely for military purposes. Abdul Jawad Hussein, a retired businessman who owns part of the land where Beth-El is being built, says that since 1969 the Israelis have fenced off the land and prevented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Two Standards of Justice | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...Pierre Maury, a goodhearted shepherd who followed the seasons across the Pyrenees into Catalonia and back again, explained, "I want to use what I earn from my work to do good to both sides. Because really I do not know which of the two beliefs is the more valid. Although, in fact, I support rather the faith of the heretics. But that is simply because my communications and relations with the heretics are greater than with the others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Brave Old World | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...damaged her both physically and psychologically, upset her sex life and jeopardized her marriage. The defense, for its part, questions whether the flamboyant Shettles, who has since left the hospital, ever managed to fertilize Mrs. Del Zio's egg and whether his other claims of in-vitro fertilization were valid. Scornfully, a defense lawyer said Shettles' work was as different from the achievement of Steptoe and Edwards as "a Model T Ford is from a Porsche...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Test-Tube Baby | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

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