For some of us, the last half of the 1970s meant puberty & a broader engagement with the world. Jimmy Carter prodded a willful Middle East & poked a stubborn economy on a post-Watergate mission a fellow future recovering Southern Baptist can now recognize. "Barney Miller" & "Alice" told street-level tales of that economy bounded by TV & broad glitter culture.

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Actress Linda Lavin, best known to TV viewers as Mel's Diner waitress "Alice", has died at 87. Lavin won an Emmy for the role, and won a Tony Award for "Broadway Bound". Lavin had recently been working on the Hulu comedy "Mid-Century Modern".