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Dates: during 1970-1979
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All of this does not make 1900 a complete failure, by any means. Few directors would take on such a grandiose 'ask, and few could come so close to achieving success. From the film's early scenes of life in the Italian countryside at the turn of the century, 1900...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Magnificent Disaster | 1/13/1978 | See Source »

As a student, he's a disaster. Supposedly, there was one lecture--probably in his freshman year--that he didn't fall asleep at. Note, gentlemen, the emphasis on didn't.

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Turning the Beat Around | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

Often typecast as a doctrinaire conservative, Burns actually was a wide-ranging and surprisingly pragmatic money manager who dismayed conservatives almost as often by pumping out money rapidly as he frightened liberals by keeping credit tight. The A.F.L.-C.l.O.'s George Meany called him "a national disaster" because of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Burns: A Tough Act to Follow | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

More important, local businesses are supporting the Connection, and a recent issue contained so much advertising that staffers were embarrassed. Joked Copy Desk Chief Skip Frank, former State Journal late-news editor: "It's a financial success and an editorial disaster." Though Connection advertising has fallen off a bit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Madison Connection | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

With the match at 7-4 disaster struck the Crimson in the shape of five straight defeats.

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Close But No Cigar; Harvard Fencers Edged, Not Smoked, by Army Swordsmen, 14-13 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

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