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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pasternak is made to inveigh against capitalism, under which "every man must be prepared to commit any crime for the sake of money." In the U.S.S.R., on the other hand, "the Bolsheviks are reshaping human nature, directing man toward a better future." Metamorphosed into a true Soviet patriot and Communist, the fictional Pasternak has little trouble turning down the Nobel Prize: "What if I really am just a puppet in the hands of the imperialists?" In any case, he concludes, the prize was "not worth having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: False Friend | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...last season's final episode, six characters voiced threats against J.R.: Sue Ellen, whom J.R. was about to commit to a sanitarium; Kristin Shepard (Mary Crosby), Sue Ellen's vixen sister, who had bedded and then blackmailed J.R. only to be charged with prostitution; Alan Beam (Randolph Powell), an unscrupulous lawyer whom J.R. used and then threatened with a bogus rape indictment; Vaughn Leland (Dennis Patrick), J.R.'s banker, who was ruined when he bought into a Ewing double-deal; Bobby Ewing, whom J.R.'s dastardly business ethics finally drove from Southfork; and Cliff Barnes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Dallas: Whodunit? | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

Many will await the publication of the guidebook on how to commit suicide [July 7] and many will use its information gratefully. As a volunteer in nursing homes, I hear prayers nightly pleading to die before morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 28, 1980 | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...their trial was to have begun last week, the three defendants pleaded no contest to charges of conspiracy to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon (the rattlesnake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Synanon Sequel | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...stricken, in flight, by food poisoning. There is another pilot (Robert Hays) aboard, but having led his squadron into disaster during combat, he is afraid to fly. Before finally agreeing to land the plane, he passes the time telling his sad, tedious story to fellow passengers, many of whom commit suicide-literally-rather than listen to his droning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Happy Landing | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

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