Word: classics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...classic British understatement: the two had just initialed a joint declaration that defines in detail the terms under which China will recover sovereignty over the crown colony of Hong Kong in 1997, when Britain's 99-year lease on more than 90% of the territory expires. Two years and two days after China and Britain began the contentious bargaining process, both countries could join at last in a common sigh of relief: the Chinese because they had re-established their claim to the opulent, gold-plated trophy of Hong Kong, just in time to help make their National...
...episode of The Twilight Zone called Miniature, he is transported into new dimensions not only of sight and sound but, for the first time, of color as well. As Duvall's dollhouse sweetheart comes magically to life, the set of Rod Selling's stark black-and-white classic is suddenly painted in rainbow hues...
...everyone is entranced by the idea of seeing a favorite film classic reissued in color. "The great Hollywood cameramen knew what they were doing in black-and-white," says Ken Wlaschin, artistic director of the Los Angeles International Film Exposition. "Many great films could be harmed." Concurs Gene Allen, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: "I shudder to think what they might do to Casablanca...
Under the heading "Armor" was this classic paragraph: "Scout vehicles dart in, spot the enemy. Report, Call in the heavyweights. Tanks, Big Tanks. Up to 57 tons of steel and 750 horsepower come thundering in on each set of treads, Stop. Fire, Maneuver, Stand your ground, Slug it out, Mighty machines. But battles...
...would be trite to belabor the virtues of Shakespeare's text. The Theater Works production is a remarkably unelaborated and essentially solid enactment of that classic...