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...anyway-is many laughs. Director Donner. convinced that it was campiness that brought down King Kong, is avoiding even the possibility of untoward giggles. Says he: "I was brought up on Superman, and I believe this myth. There is a little bit of God Bless America in it. There is a purity and a fantasy in it that is right for our times." Adds Mankiewicz: "Whatever Jimmy Carter is asking us to be, Superman is already. What we are really giving people is the Christian message: that we should all be honest, love each other and be for the underdog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Onward and Upward with the New Superman | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

Hurrah for the family practitioners-God bless 'em and may they prosper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 25, 1977 | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

...said, sidling up to the bar with the obvious desire of buttonholing me for a drink. Having read "The Last Hurrah" I was well aware that any defensive maneuver short of armed resistance was useless, so I gave in and ordered a round. My companion smiled and said "God bless you"--Irish drunks are the only people in the world who say "God bless you" when you haven't sneezed--and then began the Inquisition...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Harvard as the path to damnation | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

Sundays, her family gathers in the living room. There are shelves of family pictures, and a wall plaque reads: GOD BLESS OUR FAMILY. Five children and three grandchildren say grace. The head chair is for their father; he is in prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Godmothers | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

...tradition, he splashes his tales with emphatic "Oh, Lord's" and resounding laughs. As he drives around his 380-acre campus in a canvas-topped Oldsmobile 98, he waves to students and invites visits to his office. There, a small plaque on his desk proclaims LOVE YOUR ENEMIES; BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU. Says Jones: "I'm a front-row, 'amen' Baptist deacon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Prez' Talks Up a Breeze | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

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