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The outbreak of tribal warfare caught authorities by surprise, although resentment had been building for a long time against Bengali settlers who had immigrated to Assam from the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. In the turmoil surrounding the election, dissidents practically shut down the state. They forced shops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: The Agony of Assam | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

In 1979 William Richert, a novice writerdirector, strode out of Closetland with a pair of black-comic fantasias on the lust for power: Winter Kills and Success. What happened next would fulfill a paranoid's darkest hopes. With all the good grace of a Mafia don consigning a nosy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Power Plays | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

Not every unseen movie is a masterpiece, as Success amiably proves. Its oafish hero Harry (Bridges) cannot seem to get the attention of his pretty, dotty wife (Belinda Bauer). They have sex every Friday; in between she chats with her cats and practices ballet before her favorite companion, a full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Power Plays | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

In December of last year, President Reagan ran a five-cent-a-gallon increase in the gas tax through a lame duck Congress anxious to melt out of Washington for the Christmas holidays. The tax, which was signed into law on January 6, is designed both to raise more than...

Author: By Jonathan J. Doolan, | Title: Running on Empty | 2/17/1983 | See Source »

While the private gifts generated by these local wish lists may ease budget aches, they do not solve the financial crunch. It is difficult to find donations to fill potholes or fix bridges. Admits Athens City Manager Marvin Bolinger: "We aren't going to have a street or a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Make a Wish | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

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