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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...definite about his political affiliations. Sitting behind a portable bridge table on the corner of Seventh and 33rd, he conducts an independent voter survey "in cooperation with Edward Bennet Williams and his committee." Sure enough, there is a sign propped up on the side of Harrow's table which depict a man bellowing, "Call for an Open Convention. "Harrow is quick to add that he is not formally employed by Williams. The neatly dressed old man will take his poll--which actually does not mention open convention, but merely asks which candidate the respondent would like...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 'I'm in a New York State of Mind' | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

...this point Lucas--director of the original 1977 Star Wars and executive producer of this summer's The Empire Strikes Back--plans to depict the Rebellion's struggle against the diabolical Empire in nine films, divided into three trilogies. The first two segments, which relate the story of would-be Jedi knight Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), are actually episodes IV and V of the envisioned series...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bombs | 7/4/1980 | See Source »

...thanks to sponsors like the National Film Board of Canada, dozens of artists doodle away. None produces characters so round or squeaky-cute as Disney's or as bawdy and animalistic as Bakshi's. Instead they often depict very real people in not-so-real situations. The best of these is Why Me?, the story of Nesbitt Spoon, an average CPA-type who learns from his doctor that he has only a short time to live--five minutes (and counting). Understandably, Mr. Spoon panics, and his creators have scripted their story so well that it matches perfectly the stages...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Animated Characters | 1/31/1980 | See Source »

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