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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Directors Chang and Levendosky have taken on an ambitious first-time directorial effort. But while they coordinate a great mass of movement and drama, the play rarely hits the audience in the gut as hard as it seemingly tries to. Taken together, the music, songs, and soliloquies are more potent...

Author: By A.m. Mcganner, | Title: Running for Realism | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

But A-bombs cannot be exploded in power plants, and when Lawrence Livermore scientists begin their experiments six weeks from now, they will use powerful laser beams instead. In Nova, under the guidance of more than 50 computers, a pulse of light is whipped around a master oscillator until all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: High Hopes for a Super Nova | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

House Speaker Tip O'Neill asked Mike Mansfield, the former Senate majority leader now serving as U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo, to deliver a blunt message to the Japanese: "They better make some concessions or they're in trouble." Some legislators grew positively bellicose. "We are in a war," declared Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swamped By Japan | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

Denied the option of spreading his architectural imagination thin, Hollein has instead produced dense, intense buildings where every detail is fussed over and elaborately wrought. For one American admirer, Architect Michael Graves, the pleasure of a Hollein building comes from "the personal attention he gives his work. You truly sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: The Art of Joyful Jam-Packing | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

One of the few things about the MX missile that detractors rarely criticize is the way it performs. Though still an experimental weapon (its full name is Missile Experimental), in seven operational tests the MX has given every indication that it can ably carry out its assigned function: conveying up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weapon and Target | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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