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...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 »

...production will not be ready until January, when Silverman will have new-and no doubt better-material to choose from. He has ordered up roughly 40 pilots since taking over the network in June. In the meantime, explains Dancer Fitzgerald Sample's senior vice president Lou Dor kin, "Silverman has to work with what he's got. He has to stunt like crazy and cause as much confusion as possible until his own series are ready to go into place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The 1978-79 Season: I | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...qualities Shaw most prized, he also possessed - moral passion and individual integrity. It is not surprising that he portrays hell in this play as a kind of sumptuous nightclub of gourmandizing delights and heaven as a spartan gymnasium of progressive ar dor. Shaw speaks the language of militant betterment, and it is at the heart of Man and Superman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: GBS: Holy Terrorist of Iconoclasm | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

...explained. Disciples were given two reeds to sleep on, one under the pillow, the other under the mattress, and instructed to remember their dreams so the Dalai Lama could interpret them during the ceremony. On the platform were two ever present reminders of tantric practice: a statue of Kay-Dor, a ferocious manifestation of the Buddha, and an elaborate mandala, a ritual design used in invocations, made out of ground precious stones and sand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Last Sermon | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

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