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...racing frantically from the building to seek help. The toll of the blast, apparently caused by a bomb hidden in the mausoleum's ceiling: 19 killed and 48 injured. The dead included 16 leading South Korean officials, among them Deputy Prime Minister Suh Suk Joon, Foreign Minister Lee Bum Suk and two other Cabinet ministers, as well as three Burmese journalists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bomb Wreaks Havoc in Rangoon | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...moments in sporting history." A Perth boy himself, Hawke appeared for the victory rites at the Royal Perth Yacht Club, sponsor of the winning boat. All but declaring a national holiday, the P.M. said that any employer who sacked a worker for being absent that day would be a "bum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Our Cup Runneth Under | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

...batting average of .198: "Things are bad. I can't make love to my wife, I can't run bases, and I couldn't get a hit if they was pitching me basketballs underhanded. And my kid hates me. To top it off, I got a bum leg that don't hurt." Manager Lou Tyler is solicitous, if gruff: "Now, about that slump of yours. You know, it wasn't but a few years ago that you blacks was allowed in this league. The way you been playing lately, they might kick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Laugh track | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

...three quarter hours) contributes to the audience's frustration as the play's loosely linked series of scenes progress very slowly. All three women live in their own unsuccessful worlds which cannot sustain any interaction when forced to allow others to enter. After she takes in the bum, Aston's altruism causes her to suffer painful flashbacks of her past in a mental hospital and to recall her inability to deal with people. Shipley creates a very neurotic and tense Aston who has tremendous difficulty finishing thoughts. Her taut facial expressions constantly match her nervous and fidgety personality. Shipley...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Bummed | 7/1/1983 | See Source »

Justice's bum epitomizes the futility prevalent throughout The Caretaker Justice portrays a derelict who seems emasculated in the brutal world. Her filthiness complements her undeveloped personality and her selfishness seems ill suited to her poverty-stricken position in society...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Bummed | 7/1/1983 | See Source »

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