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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bring this show off, Masiell and director James Coco should probably have tried for a bigger stage, better songs, a little less autobiography, and tighter dialogue. But they're forgiven. For there's a rare, healthy sense of humanity here, some cutting irony, a sizable dose of humor, and much well-considered social commentary. And besides, the ghost was there, and that alone is enough. Masiell's clearly not up there with Marlene Dietrich or Maurice Chevalier, and no, we are not at The Palace but I, for one, have never been closer...

Author: By Jamie O. Aisenberg, | Title: The Ghost of Vaudeville | 2/23/1979 | See Source »

...review the case for possible legal errors. The family of the former Prime Minister may also appeal to Zia for executive clemency. Domestic political considerations are likely to weigh more heavily than foreign opinion as Zia makes his final decision on whether or not to apply a stiff dose of Islamic justice and carry out his threat to "hang the blighter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: One Grave for Two Men | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...when she was brought into the White House nine months ago as the top-ranking woman and one of eight presidential assistants. With the Administration's popularity slipping and its programs bogged down in Congress, the relaxed Southern style of Carter's closest aides needed a strong dose of discipline and management. These were talents Wexler had demonstrated amply at the Commerce Department, where she had been a deputy under secretary, and in two decades as a political organizer. She worked up from local to statewide campaigns in her home state of Connecticut, and then earned a reputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Wexler Fills the Vacuum | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...number of psychological problems have also been associated with marijuana use. The most common is described as "acute panic anxiety reaction." It is seen most frequently in inexperienced users,, but can also follow an unexpectedly high dose. Transient feelings of mild paranoia are fairly common in users, especially those who are anxious about the experience to start with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Medical View | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...Grateful Dead Movie. The odds are that everyone in the audience as well as everyone on the screen in this movie will be stoned--conditions perfect for the dose of excellent Dead concert footage that makes up the bulk of the movie. The initial animation sequence, featuring the Omar Khayyam skeleton-and-roses fellow, as well as other Dead album-cover regulars, is pretty impressive whether you're stoned or not. Afterwards, the music is presented unencumbered by the psychedelic claptrap groups like Led Zeppelin have thrown into their movies, or the self-consciousness of an "event" movie like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '50s Nostalgia and '70s Paranoia | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

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