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While scientists know that man's activity is destroying the ozone layer, there is little consensus over the extent of the damage, and over whether drastic steps are in order...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Up, Up and Away | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...possible alternatives, one of the most talked-about is the random lottery. But few students advocate this drastic a change, and Fox adds, "it would not be my choice...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: Against All Odds | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...trail, Turner has, at times, sounded more like Mulroney than like Trudeau. The new Prime Minister has called for greater flexibility in guidelines that control foreign investment in Canada and talked of easing federal government controls over energy prices. Mulroney, on the other hand, has promised not to make drastic cuts in Canada's generous social-welfare system and has said that he agrees with the Liberals on the need to develop job-training programs for young people, who have been hardest hit by the shrunken job market. In a notable break with Trudeau, both Turner and Mulroney have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: A Duel of Images | 8/27/1984 | See Source »

Cherbrikov: Well, if we can't neutralize Womack, then I suggest much more drastic action. We must get that guy, that Polish history teacher...what is his name, oh yes, Pipes, back to Washington as soon as possible. That is our only hope. Otherwise the Revolution is lost in Cambridge. I'll get my boys on it right away...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: Kremlin to Buckley, Come In | 8/14/1984 | See Source »

...whole story to hold their audiences. Star Wars showed that a film could contain more information than most viewers could catch the first time around and still be an alltime blockbuster. MTV serves up a Dalicatessen of surreal images, and everybody comes back for seconds. Gremlins goes through more drastic mood changes than Sybil; it has sold more than $100 million worth of tickets this summer. Buckaroo Banzai, then, is simply extending the trend of data overload. Still, its creators, Earl Mac Rauch (New York, New York) and W.D. Richter (who wrote Slither and Brubaker), propel their film with such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: It Came from Beyond Bananas | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

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