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...your sitcoms are in violation of all that is funny. And you, O elders of cathode, you lusteth after false profits." And the three elders saith unto the Lord God: "Forgive us, O Lord, but we must make offerings to the false idol Nielsen, which is an hungry beast. Give us but a sign, a word, a story idea, that we may please thee and the 2,300 houses of the children of Nielsen." And then the Lord God spoke unto them: "To you, CBS, I ordain that you shall tell of the holy mission of my messengers Peter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Networks Get Religion | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

...When the Whip Comes Down" benefits from a propulsive rhythm guitar and bass line, but whoever played the lead barely distinguishes himself from the tenative style of a high school amateur. Other cuts include "Crazy Mama," a gritty "I-want-to-sleep-with-you-anyway" number and the overplayed "Beast of Burden...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: It's Only Rock and Roll | 4/3/1981 | See Source »

...Robert Oppenheimer, known to most as the Father of the Atomic Bomb, lived a life as mysterious and tragic as the hellish radioactive beast that he sired. Attempting to do what Oppenheimer himself did so well, director Jon Else has taken it upon himself to shed some light on both the man and his creation. The Day After Trinity succeeds in penetrating much of the mystery that has so long surrounded the Los Alamos project and the slightly built scientist who coordinated it. Relying on candid interviews with Oppenheimer's Los Alamos colleagues, as well as rare footage...

Author: By Terrence P. Hanrahan, | Title: Oppenheimer at Ground Zero | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

...most controversial event of the three-day visit was a 45-minute meeting with Emperor Hirohito, 79. Rabid right-wingers, distressed that Hirohito, a former Shinto god, would deign to meet with a Vicar of Christ, rode about town waving a sign proclaiming POPE IS A BEAST. Some of Japan's 700,000 Protestants protested the meeting as well. The Pope's visit, they felt, would en courage a resurgent movement to elevate Shintoism to status as a national religion. About 70 others, including left-wingers, four Japanese Catholic clergy men and some Buddhist priests, accused John Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Pilgrim for Peace | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...mechanical bulls that tempt and toss the urban cowboy sell for $7,500 each, about $5,000 more than they cost Gilley's Bronco Shop Inc. in Houston to manufacture. The bionic beast is mounted on a pedestal and powered by a 5-h.p. electric motor that is operated by remote control. El Toro has graded levels of difficulty, working up from a bovine shimmy designated One to a shake-and-break Ten. The headless, vinyl-and-steel contraption was developed as a teaching aid for rodeo cowboys by New Mexico Inventor Joe Turner, who sold his patent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Don't Shoot the Bull, Ride It | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

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