Blast-Off or Rip-Off?

October 02, 1978

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Blast-Off or Rip-Off?

ABC Gambles a Payload That Battlestar Galactica Will Lift Off Where Star Wars Touched Down

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Table of Contents

Ah Fall, Your Magical Social Spell Is Everywhere—from Missouri to Manhattan

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For Zbig Brzezinski, Summit Life Meant Little Sleep, Stolen Bikes and a Roomie Named Ham

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The Yankees' Winning Formula? A New Manager Who Is Calm, Agreeable and Not Billy Martin

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Ronnie Peterson Dies on the 'Too Fast, Too Dangerous' Track at Monza, and Bitter Accusations Follow

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Janie Fricke's Crossover from Jingles to Singles Makes Her Country's Newest Brand Name

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Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa Is a 72-Year-Old Freshman Senator of Many Hats—and Parts

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The Rev. Robin Myers Has Them Sprinting to Church on Sundays—Well, Jogging at Least

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Movies Have a New Pope Too: Mr. San Francisco, Cyril Magnin, Takes a Fling in Foul Play

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Low Fares, High Profits: Now the C.A.B. Boss Wants His Own Agency 'To Commit Hara-Kiri'

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Jazz Musician Paul Winter Speaks the Language of Wolves on His Sax—and They Reply

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For Patients Who Can't Eat, Dr. Stanley Dudrick's Intravenous Feeding System Is a Lifeline

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His Name's the Game, Bobby Kennedy Jr. Finds on the TV Talk Show Circuit

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For 20th-Century Archivist Howard Gotlieb, Even a Laundry List Is the Stuff of History

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Howdy, Pardner, Where Yew Hail From? Rodeo Star Bobby Delvecchio Answers, Improbably: 'The Bronx'

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Most Movie Directors Adore Chaplin: For Carlos Saura, It's Both Charlie and Geraldine

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