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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That is the way Publisher and Mayor Baker likes things: "I'm like the guy in the old joke, the guy who said he only made one mistake in his life: for one brief second, he thought he was wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Press Lord | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...party. They are opposed by the more traditional ethnic and the landholders, who make up the Independents. Every add-numbered year is an election year (this being no exception) and at that time, the two groups fight over governing. The rest of the time they fight over issues. A brief explanation of both...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Harvard's Home: Cambridge, Mass. | 7/15/1983 | See Source »

...SONDHEIM takes the audience on a long detour most of the way through his musical comedy Company. Up until the very last scene, the plot focuses on a surprises birthday party thrown for Robert by five couples his best friends. Between repeated sequences of the same party we watch brief flashback type includes between Robert and each of the five couples who are trying to convince him to get married. Robert responds by becoming his rate as a single man hypocritically, because he is currently dating three completely different, unusual women. And when the first act ends exact...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Semisweet Sampling | 7/12/1983 | See Source »

Their broadcast and the brief public demonstrations that followed underscored the precariousness of Ríos Montt's authority. Acknowledging that frailty, the government swore in an electoral tribunal to prepare for constitutional assembly elections, probably to be held in July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guatemala: Quick Fix | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

Each show begins with brief filmed reports on such goings-on as the opening of a new movie or a particularly star-studded party. Occasionally there is a lighthearted ''exclusive" like (hold your breath) a never-before-seen glimpse behind Johnny Carson's desk. The second section, called "Spotlight," is either a profile of a celebrity or a "behind-the-scenes" story by an E. T. correspondent such as vivacious Author Barbara Howar or former NBC News Reporter Scott Osborne. Recent example: a look at the making of Michael Jackson's dynamic music video clip Beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Turning Show Biz into News | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

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