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...establish a plant in his hometown. Then, when the do-it-our-way executives of Assan Motors demand that their American employees work harder for less money, have Hunt convince his pals, speciously, that there is a pot of gold at the end of the assembly line. Poor, distraught workers, when they discover they have been gulled. And poor Hunt, doing the wrong things for the best reasons. He's the man that corrupted Hadleyville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hanging Tough Gung Ho | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...production opens as Arthur (Jeffrey Korn) prepares for battle against Lancelot, his once-trusted knight who has stolen away with Jenny. Distraught and confused about the events leading up to this moment, he implores his invisible mentor: "Merlin, if I must fall in battle, do not let me die bewildered." The entire play is essentially a flashback, beginning just before his first encounter with Lady Guinevere (Laurie Meyers). Korn suddenly transforms into a frisky young king, pleasantly nervous on the eve of his wedding. No matter which incarnation of Arthur he is creating, shy playful fellow or idealistic ruler...

Author: By Abtgail M. Mcganney, | Title: The Gang's All Here | 12/13/1985 | See Source »

Hall, who in previous years had gone to the Dakota to commemorate the anniversary of Lennon's death, vividly remembers the day he heard that his idol had been slain. He said he was so distraught upon hearing about it that he almost lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lennon Remembered on Anniversary of Murder | 12/9/1985 | See Source »

...last day she could withdraw from her math course, and the sophomore was distraught by the prospect of a dismal grade...

Author: By Kenneth A. Gerber, | Title: 'Being Upset Might Make Some Sense' | 12/4/1985 | See Source »

...marry. I thought it a huge joke." The joke was not always so funny. In this sad account, Sadat marries off his daughter when she is twelve, to a man 17 years her senior. When she later demands a divorce, her father grows glacially remote. Even when his emotionally distraught daughter attempts suicide, he sends an emissary to her bedside. Eventually, the young woman seeks fulfillment outside her native country, first in Europe, then in the U.S., where she and her daughter live today. In the final chapters she celebrates the statesman and martyr she knows better in death than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Nov. 11, 1985 | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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