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...their "Rock Against Reagan" concert (chanting "Eat the Rich" and "Fuck Off and Die" when the Republican delegates came streaming out of the convention center nearby, battling to be heard over a loud school band hired on short notice by the Republicans); and the crazies did their War Chest Tour--walking around the city, splashing the 'facades of capitalism' such as banks and multinational corporate headquarters, with red paint...

Author: By Mark E. Fineberg, | Title: Unconventional Warfare | 9/19/1984 | See Source »

Howie, now clad in camouflage fatigues with matching loafers, crouches behind a cactus cradling a gun. A figure tiptoes out from behind a rock 30 ft. away. Howie fires; a pellet of red paint splatters across the man's chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Most Dangerous Game | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...because Dallas itself seems much in favor of being early to bed-it also follows Ben Franklin's advice on the other end of light. People are out of the chute and into a capitalistic day before a Type B visitor can finish the front page. Dallas. The chest-beating lyric will be heard a lot in the coming week: "Big D-little a-double...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showing Off for the G.O.P. | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...just running on feeling," he said later. "I was having a good time." After his victory lap (wearing a light blue T shirt that read across the chest, THANKS AMERICA FOR A GREAT GAMES, and added on the back BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TV COVERAGE?), Thompson was greeted by Princess Anne. "Daley, what did she say to you?" a reporter asked. Answered Thompson: "She said I was a damn good-looking guy." So began another stand-up comedy routine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: CALL THIS BRITON GREAT | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...plot, though, is only the lid of this Pandora's toy chest. Inside, the alert viewer will find humor, imagination and a little Oriental mysticism. (Buckaroo's slogan, "No matter where you go, there you are," could serve as a fortune-cookie credo for the no-problem '80s.) There is also a passel of sharp performances. The presence of such actors as Christopher Lloyd (Zenned-out on an inner voice that must sound like Daffy Duck's), Ellen Barkin (with her bruised features and street-angel smile) and Jeff Goldblum (heartthrob of the Mensa sorority) clues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: It Came from Beyond Bananas | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

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