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You common cry of curs, whose

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Class War | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

The Blockheads is certainly not benevolent; the satire is savagely cruel and frequently obscene. In the opening act, British officers and Loyalists with names like Shallow and Dupe are trapped in a garrison surrounded on three sides by Rebel forces and on the fourth by the sea. They face a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: A Parting Shot | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

Neither was the Monkey (Karen Black), the fulfillment of Portnoy's teen-age sex fantasies. But as the West Virginia coal miner's daughter who lusts after Portnoy's intellect with as much guiltridden fervor as Portnoy has for her body, Black offers the film's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Strictly Nonkosher | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

William Golding looks like every one's favorite uncle, the kind who pulls silver dollars out of your ear and is al ways just back from Tashkent. It oc curs to the reader, as he inspects Golding's wise and mischievous mug on the dust jacket, that no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Small Marvels | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

Then the automatic rifles of the French legionnaires began stuttering. Bystanders as well as rioters were gunned down, no questions asked. Paratroopers were flown in from France to help, and police helicopters swept down on the crowds, dropping grenades and tear gas into their midst. From every miserable alley came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Somaliland: Victory for Trouble | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

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