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...Japan, when a theater is inaugurated, the stage is blessed in a religious ritual. In England, the players bless the stage by taking it. -By T.E. Kalem

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pride of the London Season | 7/12/1982 | See Source »

...before you can say "extra seasoning," you've got your multi-head T-shirts and grease-stained apron. Training begins immediately, with stern warnings about accuracy and whispered tales of employees skimming off the top at a clip of $120 a day. Like most, I struggled not to bless customers with extra change and never had time to consider seriously any plans for extra-curricular profits...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Serving Up the Sizzled Bird | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

...majority of the Polish people behind him, and to them he conveyed a compelling message of hope. The Poles will not forget?they never have. During Poland's 16-month awakening, the priests and parishioners of a church in central Warsaw used to sing together joyfully: "O Lord, please bless our free fatherland." On the first Sunday after martial law was declared, the words of that hymn were changed back to those traditionally sung when the country was under foreign domination. "O Lord," the congregation sang, "please return us our free fatherland." ?By Thomas A. Sancton. Reported by Richard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Dared to Hope | 1/4/1982 | See Source »

...film opens with a dedication to Pope John Paul II, with the hope that he will bless the movement. From trendier elements in the Carpenter Center crowd last weekend, the humble words drew hisses, which reappeared during later scenes of Mass being conducted in the church grounds. Some of the hissers said later they were "feminists"; sure John Paul is bad on abortion, but so are all past popes and likely many future ones. It goes with the job, sort of like the hat. And some of the objections were from purebred members of the American ultraleft, the Sparts...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Workers' Paradise | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

...Mathilde court by courting. Indeed, the script provides an opportunity for her to mirror their situation, which she avoids by tactful, exemplary retreat. Like her creator, she is content with compassion and the wisdom that accrues to those who observe life clearly and without resort to dubious generalizations. Bless them both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Imprisonment | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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