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Although the film has many uniquely creative sections, as evidenced by its Academy Award nomination for "Best Foreign Film," several words of caution should be offered to prospective audiences. Principally, while the film is billed as a French movie--and in many senses lives up to its classification--one crucial...

Author: By David H. P. pick, | Title: Quiet on the Set | 4/20/1984 | See Source »

Thus did the well-oiled Marcos machine launch the election campaign of its Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (K.B.L.) Party. But the elections to be held on May 14 seem unlikely to be conducted in the hollow style to which the island republic is accustomed: for the first time since Marcos declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: All the President's Men | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin is a cordial man, admired by Washington hostesses for his charming mimicry of bourgeois social graces. So special was his position that he had been accustomed to entering the State Department by driving into the basement garage and then riding a private elevator to the seventh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Parking | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

In 1917 an earthquake left the city of San Salvador in ruins. The residential neighborhoods of San Francisco, San Benito and Escalón creep up the sides of a volcano, still challenging risk. The inhabitants-landowners, entrepreneurs, professionals, businessmen-have grown accustomed over the past decade to the hazard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democracy Among the Ruins | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

Manhattan's Le Zinc restaurant, with its high ceiling and zinc-topped bar, is a popular spot for New Yorkers to relax with dinner and a drink after work. But last week the atmosphere be came less convivial for those pregnant women accustomed to their evening cocktail. On a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sad News for the Happy Hour | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

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