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So what is a liberal arts scholar good for? The question, of course, has not been answered, unless it counts to discover that such questions can have no final answers. Plato's Symposium ends with a vision of Socrates standing fixed in thought from early dawn until noon, until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Carolina: Corn Bread and Great Ideas | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Committed to ties with both the U.S. and Europe, but without any special affection for either, Thatcher in effect is something of a "British Gaullist." She would like to move away from European economic and monetary union but toward a single foreign and defense policy for the European Community. Although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tory Wind of Change | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

What Mr. Gardiner does with himself is his own business. The reasons one has for joining a final club such as the Porcellian are best passed over in charitable silence. Why must we be assured of his affection for "people with a certain financial background"? No doubt he will row...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Virtuous Example? | 5/10/1979 | See Source »

True, the couple's puppy love gets a bit too sticky (especially when Ike's own pet puppy intrudes upon the action). At one point, the hero actually tells Kay, "There are times when everyone needs affection and compassion-even a general." Thank God there is a war...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Love at War with Ike and Kay | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

Still, all this has a bit more energy than the affair between Farrow and Ka'ne, who after endless delays are mostly directed to nibble each other's necks and take decorously clothed swims and beach walks to demonstrate their affection. Swedish Film Maker Jan Troell, who has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Horse Latitudes | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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