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...style out of style." The roots of that life are beautifully revealed in a series of candid photos put together almost like a jump-cut documentary on Tokyo street life, showing everyone from a roadworker wearing rubberized rain gear to a peddler, a Buddhist monk and a junk collector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Style Out of Life | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

...temporal dimension makes a stirring set piece. But his identification with his character is so complete that the novel seems to be spun from their shared fantasy fulfillment. Difficulties give way before Scum. Whatever he needs comes conveniently to hand, whether building materials, a rich art collector or a nubile girl to tempt his sagging libido...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Too True | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...palette. Says Titus: "Consumers will buy a pretty label once, but if the wine isn't good, they won't buy it again." Moreover, the wine lover who used to be embarrassed by the rows of empty bottles in his house can now label himself an art collector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Art for Wine's Sake | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...Kaat, probably the best fielding pitcher in history, a collector of 16 gold gloves, is leaning back on a bench in Bradenton, the first Pirate to arrive for the day's game. He is the most experienced major leaguer of all, 25 seasons, 26 if he latches on with Pittsburgh or some other team this year. This appears unlikely. Frankly, his seventh big-league uniform, bright yellow with black stripes, is not his particular favorite. "I feel like a school bus with lips," he says. But he expresses no self-consciousness trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Trying Time for Rookies | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...Jesus Christ lays out the procedure for dealing with a wrongdoer. The final step: "If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector." The churches interpret this as requiring the kind of treatment that was meted out to Guinn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Marian and the Elders | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

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