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...Mondale had difficulty dramatizing his themes. His early advertising spots focused on the deficit, but the issue would not catch on. It was too hypothetical. He raised the question of fairness. But in prosperous times, the middle class tends to focus its gaze upward, not downward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To the Polls at Last | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

...cordless microphone passing from hand to hand around the bar is a magic wand, transforming people into singing stars, romantic desperadoes, family. Betty holds the mike for Terry, who sings This Love of Mine. They gaze into each other's eyes. Tenderness seems to rise in a cloud from Margaret's keyboard. A wild, passionate embrace, something along the lines of the Tabu perfume ad, seems inevitable. "This is the only place you can come and make a fool of yourself in front of your friends," says Terry. "Of course, we've been married 31 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Isn't It Romantic? | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...wehi and wana is the figure that once served as the gateway of Pukeroa pa, a fortified village. Though it is difficult to date most Maori sculpture precisely, this piece was made in the mid-19th century. Less fierce than similar gateway figures, the figure still casts a gaze threatening enough to intimidate any potential thief prowling through the Maori show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sacred Treasures of the Maoris | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...oversize American flag out of the crowd and bounced around the stadium, all eyes where he wanted them. The margin of victory, one-fifth of a second, tied the largest in Olympic 100 history. He cracked 10, but missed the 9.93 world record by .06 sec. Then his gaze shifted to the long jump, the 200 and the relay, to Jesse Owens certainly, maybe even Bob Beamon. The miraculous jump of 29 ft. 2½ in. might still be 4 in. beyond him, but it may be that nothing is beyond him. As the XXIII Olympiad turns for home, his medals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glory Halleluiah! | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...What noted existentialist and television celebrity, when asked in supermarket parking lots whether she is the legendary Erma Bombeck, blushes prettily, lowers her gaze and says, "No, I'm Ann-Margret, but thank you anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Erma in Bomburbia: Erma Bombeck | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

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