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...Britons and shipped home to England to become a proper sahib. As a young man, he returns to India, joins the crack Corps of Guides, valiantly leads expeditions into the Afghan mountains, and suffers a grievous casualty at the hands of a snippy English woman who rejects his of fer of marriage. But another pair of mascaraed eyes is just around the corner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A Romance of the Raj | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...surest way out of a sticky situation is bribery. Currency is as counterfeit as the system it supports. A young man (Christian Patey) unknowingly passes a phony 500-franc note, but be cause his stubborn rectitude marks him as an alien in the kingdom of greed, he must suf fer an almost comic series of calamities: fired from his job, then jailed, then abandoned by his wife (Caroline Lang). His child must die. Finally, his spirit purified into psychosis, Yvon must kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Spring Collection from Paris | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...child born this year will still be a child, just a teenager, in the year 2000. And judging by the U.S. Census Bureau's newest calculations, that turn-of-the-century teen-ager more likely than not will be a sun-drenched type who goes around chirping, "Fer shure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prediction: Sunny Side Up | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...five-minute ads designed to dispel questions about his personality and character. Senator John Glenn of Ohio will get a boost in building a campaign organization by the election of his friend Celeste as Governor. Former Vice President Walter Mondale spent part of Tuesday evening phoning winners to of fer his congratulations. And Republican Senator Dole, in election-night network interviews, continued to stake out his role as a moderate and conciliator in the G.O.P. in what many see as an attempt to position himself for the presidency should Reagan decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '82: Trimming the Sails | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

...self-regarding suburban kids who may actually talk like that. It would come out all wrong if a minister were to compose his sermon in Val. "The Lord is awesome," he would have to begin. "He knows that life can sometimes be, like, grody-grody to the max! Fer shirr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: If Slang Is Not a Sin | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

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