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...opening up their relations with the West, in allowing, of all things, the entry of Coca-Cola and Levis into Peking, they are deviating quite a bit from the ideal Communist model, and I think that will disturb the purists in the revolutionary movements in the Third World...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Triangle Diplomacy | 2/16/1979 | See Source »

...consistent interpretation to pull them through. To be fair, any attempt at consistency in Measure for Measure would end up forcing parts of the play out of shape; but if directors never even tried, the play might just as well be left to the critics. Few enough productions disturb its rest...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Flirting With Justice | 2/3/1979 | See Source »

...glow from green and red console lights, they work in darkness. "It only takes a few weeks to learn how to operate, but you must know the basics of astronomy," says Bell. He is whispering as the display goes on, and his tone suggests an acolyte trying not to disturb a service. Every time he does a show, he admits, he feels a shiver synapsing down his spine. "It's something I cannot explain exactly. You have to work to keep a sense of perspective. Sometimes you feel like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: The Starry Road to Twelfth Night | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...usual in Avildsen's work, the direction is on the nose, with no discomfiting originality to disturb audiences. The veteran Sorvino knows enough to be somewhat hangdog about what he is called upon to do, but Ditchburn is too new to the game to be even slightly humiliated by all this nonsense. They meet somewhere in the middle of mediocrity to form their little ensemble. It is a measure of just how careless the raptures of cynicism are that Avildsen tries to pass off an ancient Newark concert hall as Lincoln Center, which it in no way resembles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rocky Road | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...tried to be fair. But the University only agreed to talk once it became clear it could not ignore the legitimate concerns of students that Harvard was publicity honoring a man who supported the apartheid regime both verbally and financially. After all, 500 students chanting "Harvard Out Now!" might disturb the ceremony and look bad on the six o'clock news. As usual the administration's primary concern was pragmatic, not moral...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: A Living Memorial to JFK? | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

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