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...interpret the nature of European decadence and its relationship to the rise of Nazi Germany. The same theme recently caused a bit more flesh to crawl in The Damned, possibly because the decadence was depicted with a certain sinister conviction. In Prince's film, decadence functions as a backdrop to a silly operetta...
...biggish affair with family and close friends," according to the palace's description, will be one fully befitting a royal septuagenarian. Seventy is stately and sugary, according to Cecil Beaton's official photo portrait, which shows the smiling Queen Mother in diamonds and pearls against a backdrop of flowering rhododendron...
...book moves out of the valley to the ideal backdrop for modern despair: the movie colony in Los Angeles. The heroine is Maria Wyeth. an occasional actress married to a young director. The story of Maria's decline from depression to breakdown is told in 84 brief, cinematic takes-84 direct hits on a fragile psyche...
OVER the past 47 years, the flag of the U.S. has appeared 63 times on the cover of TIME. It embellished a portrait of General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1942; it provided a backdrop for General Mark Clark in 1946; it rested in the hands of Astronaut Neil Armstrong as he stepped on the moon in July 1969. Only once before, however, has Old Glory pre-empted the entire cover. That was the issue of July 6, 1942, and it accompanied a story that analyzed the new significance of the freedom that the flag symbolized at a time when...
Against this confused backdrop, Richard Nixon last week delivered his long-promised message on the economy. Committed to cooling the economy through tight money and cutbacks in federal spending, the President had steadfastly refused to abandon his game plan despite the mounting pressure to take a more active role against inflation. Last week he bowed to the pressure and moved to meet his critics at least part way. The President still refused to pick up the jawbone that his predecessors had wielded on excessive wage and price rises. But he did at least pick up a wishbone and proposed three...