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Word: dor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both works live up to their Tolstoyan title. Under executive producer Zvi Dor-Ner, the series freshens the emblematic images of the nuclear age with rare footage and ironic juxtapositions, so that the viewer is more likely to look, and think, twice. Yet another mushroom cloud, at first almost a cliche, becomes surreal as Communist Chinese cavalrymen are shown charging toward ground zero as part of a training exercise, riders and horses wearing special masks to protect them against the blast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The History of the Bomb | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

...capable of being extracted and parrotted. "I haven't seen 'L' age d'Or' since it was made, so I can't say what I think of it." He does supply fascinating incidental information. Charles de Noailles was not only expelled from the Jockey Club for Financing "L' age Dor," but threatened with excommunication. He was saved from the latter only because his mother travelled to Rome to plead with the Pope...

Author: By Sophie A. Volpp, | Title: No Answers | 12/6/1983 | See Source »

Last December, most diplomatic analysts in San Salva dor estimated that D'Aubuis son, who is known locally as "Major Bob," would be lucky if his party were chosen by 1,000 of the country's 1 million to 1.5 million eligible voters. Now, its appeal bolstered by slick public relations techniques and energetic grass roots campaigning that emphasize law and order, ARENA'S popular strength is estimated at 15% of the electorate, vs. the Christian Democrats' 40%. ARENA'S popular support is still rising. Says one Western diplomat in El Salvador: "D'Aubuisson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: To Save El Salvador | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

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