January 15, 1979

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Diana Ross, Star of the All-Black Remake of The Wizard of Oz, Frets over What Lies on the Other Side of the Rainbow

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An Odd, Brave American, Phil Snyder, Is the Angel of Mount Kenya

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Barely Afloat in a Sea of Troubles, C&W Star George Jones Plots His Own Rescue

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'To the Wall' Isn't a Sentence but a Compliment at the Popular New Books & Co.

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A South African Heavyweight Fights Charges of Racism Even Before He Enters the Ring

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Voila! A New Computer Gives Tourists the Gift of Tongues

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Here's a Real Sports Phenom: a Coach with a 606-85 Record Who Also Builds Character

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The Latest in Transparent Wit Is a Mark Larson See-Through Tie

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He Has the Nobel in Economics, but Professor Simon Is More Interested in How Humans Think

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Armand Assante's Real Weapon Isn't a Bow but a Cannon Named Dyan

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If Anthropologist Jane Safer Finds Husband Morley Home, It's Rarely for More Than 60 Minutes

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John Curry, Bored with Skating as Spectacle and Sport, Turns It into An Art He Dubs 'Ice Dancing'

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Liquid Silicone Can Deform Its Tragic Victims, and a Vegas Plastic Surgeon Wants to Stop It

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Bob Hope's Marriage, Money and Reputation? His Answers Aren't Always One-Liners

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Sharon Newman Uses a Cast of Puppets to Help Her Teenage Students Laugh Off Growing Pains

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Leaving Home and High Society, Debby Rockefeller Decides There's No Business Like You Know What

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Showbiz Wiz

Diana Ross, Star of the All-Black Remake of The Wizard of Oz, Frets over What Lies on the Other Side of the Rainbow

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