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She is the secret heroine of Hollywood movies: the divine masochist, the superior woman battered by fate, society, ham-fisted men and her own acute facility for self-destruction. Serious actresses, itching to play something more demanding than bimbettes and stand-by wives, love divine masochist roles. They get to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bewitching and Bewildering | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

The establishment of the register and a subsequent move last week to give moderates a majority on Labor's policy-setting National Executive Committee represent a clear victory for the party's majority of middle-of-the-road socialists. But the militants have vowed to fight back. Meanwhile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Labor's Purge | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

Adios, as well, almost all traditions at this Mundial '82 Cup. In what the French are calling "le mundial des surprises," a handful of low-ranked national teams are generating shock waves and upsets. This year, for the first time, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), soccer'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Le Mundial des Surprises! | 7/5/1982 | See Source »

The role of the federal government is to provide "advocacy and constructive criticism, "Bell said, to help states and localities take responsibility for their own school systems by providing information about educational programs that have worked elsewhere. Explaining federal budget cuts in education. Bell said. "You can be filled with...

Author: By Leah D. Rush, | Title: States Should Fund Education, Claims Sec. of Education Bell | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

Stories that the U.S. is financing covert operations in Nicaragua play directly into the hands of the Sandinistas. They contribute to the widespread impression that the U.S. is as ham-fisted as ever in its approach to Central America, discourage Washington's remaining friends in the area and seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: A Lot of Show, but No Tell | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

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