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THE ALSO-RAN. Winning isn 't everything; it's the only thing, said Vince Lombardi. But sometimes nothing so becomes a candidate's run for the Oval Office as the manner in which he bows out. Sport and politics share the inevitability that someone must lose ?but also the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: That Which We Are, We Are | 8/25/1980 | See Source »

This Richard is not only fond of song but also of instrumental music. In one amusing scene, he insists on having a string quartet brought in to play the scherzo from Beethoven's Op. 131; we hear the music on tape, but the musicians use real bows to play on...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Bard | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

In a remarkable way, The Shining is also a study of marriage in America, a bloody Kramer V. Kramer. Jack Torrance bows to the pressures of the Protestant ethic, sacrificing the love and emotion in his marriage to dreams of success and security. Clearly, Jack and Wendy are incompatible, yet...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: A Night in Shining Horror | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

As revolutions go, it has been a gentle affair. On May 28, 800 Melanesians, some toting clubs and bows and arrows, took over the island of Espiritu Santo, the largest in the chain. Accompanied by 50 colons, mostly French, the islanders captured Santo's police and radio stations, seized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HEBRIDES: Coup in Paradise | 6/16/1980 | See Source »

Thus it was an odd sight to see not one but ten Lucia Chases onstage at the close of a three-hour show that mixed short excerpts and pas de deux with bows by beloved former dancers like Irina Baronova, Muriel Bentley, Sono Osato, Nora Kaye, Annabelle Lyon, Violette Verdy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: ... And a Fond Family Affair | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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