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Except for Bancroft's forceful presence, the film remains as intangible as the great Garbo herself.

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: Garbo's Not Enough | 11/21/1984 | See Source »

There are those who argue that Ganhi's motivation for the raid was political--that forceful action against the Sikhs would win her Hindu support in the upcoming election. Yet a direct raid was really the only option available to Gandhi given that secret tunnels underneath the temple complex would...

Author: By Sung HEE Suh, | Title: Rocking the Ship of State | 11/20/1984 | See Source »

Gandhi proved a surprisingly forceful administrator of the party bureaucracy. She weeded out a number of time servers, promoted younger officials, negotiated agreements among rival factions; she also played a key part in ousting a Communist state government in Kerala. But after a year she quit, saying that she had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sad, Lonely, but Never Afraid | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

Whether we, as individuals, have benefited from the actions of a President must always take back seat to some conception of the commonweal some higher sense of purpose for us a nation. Ronald Reagan has reversed this creed of government and placed the twin values of greed and self-interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mondale: A Forceful Alternative | 10/26/1984 | See Source »

I am reluctant to address the self-sacrifice point made by Bok because it seems so absurd, but for the sake of tho roughness I want to state my conviction that the wizards who run the Harvard corporation could mastermind a divestment plan that would incur no financial loss to...

Author: By Jessica Neuwirth, | Title: Investing in Apartheid | 10/20/1984 | See Source »

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