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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, no. But as the curtain went up a stir in the back of the first balcony proved almost as dramatic. At a cry of "Bravo!"-"Brava!" would have been more correct-20 men and women bared their chests and held up candles, lighters and flashlights so that their fellow opera lovers in the audience of 2,360 could catch their act. All were members of an antiordinance group called MASH (Memphians Against Social Harassment), formed last month by Memphis Restaurateur Paul Savarin to combat MAD (Memphians Against Degeneracy), the pro-ordinance lobby. Rudi E. Scheidt, president of the Memphis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boffo in the Buff | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...policy is bubbling up publicly, adding to a general perception of governmental disarray. Disaffection is strongest among left-wing Socialists and some Communists. They argue that instead of meekly accepting painful austerity, the government should 1) withdraw from the European Monetary System, which links seven major European currencies; 2) correct the trade imbalance through protectionist import restrictions; and 3) concentrate on creating jobs. Jean Poperen, the party's deputy leader, last month charged that the government was losing its "popular support" and called for a return to the "class struggle" as the Socialists' central theme. Edmond Maire, leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: A Riotously Unhappy Anniversary | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...scrawny little devil," as his father remembers, George was a target for neighborhood bullies, who would throw his shoes into the sprinkler and tease him until his younger sister Wendy chased them away. A terrible student (the loyal Wendy would sometimes get up at 5 a.m. to correct misspellings in his English papers), he found comfort in fantasy. Whenever he or Wendy got a dollar, they would march down to the drugstore and buy ten comic books, which they would then read in a shed behind their stucco house on Ramona Avenue. Several carloads of comics were passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I've Got to Get My life Back Again | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...organizer, I believe that it is necessary for people to be aware of the correct amount approximated for dues, in order to avoid any further misunderstandings. Julianne L. Muss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Wrong Impression | 5/18/1983 | See Source »

...that signaled the Great American Novel in progress, or the Great American Last-Minute Term Paper. Writers will miss their old machines greatly, even as they now flirt pantingly with Apple IIs. They will even miss the mistakes they used to make. This sort of msitake. The new machines correct so perfectly that they do not show error, and sometimes error was nice to see, a useful memento of human sloppiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Last Page in the Typewriter | 5/16/1983 | See Source »

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