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Although his own state budget reflected a 4% increase, the new Governor imposed a spending ceiling on every municipality in the state as a step toward meeting his campaign promise of a $500 million reduction in property taxes. Mayors and other local officials protested so loudly that King retreated a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Tale of Two Rookies | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

The Peckinpah Traveling Repertory is on hand: Ben Johnson, Bo Hopkins, Dub Taylor, Slim Pickens. As usual, their small parts are all nicely etched, and there is a superb bit of character work by Richard Bright as a cheap thief who swipes a suitcase full of loot from Ali MacGraw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cold Flash | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

White critics. it seems, are running so scared that they either praise the film as art or write it off as necessary agit-prop. And the fantastic box-office success has probably compounded their intimidation. I would assume, however, the cause of the film's popularity lies in novelty: this...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Films From Fair to Middling | 5/20/1971 | See Source »

"Revolution-the witch doctor in tiger skins," wrote a Polish poet in praise of the Congo rebellion. In fact, Red witchcraft is doing poorly in Africa. The only African country under outright Communist domination is the former colony of Congo-Brazzaville. Through hamhanded diplomacy and sloppy technology, the Russians alienated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: COMMUNISM TODAY: A Refresher Course | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

A strapping, hamhanded man with slicked-back hair and brooding mustache, Michelangeli ambled onstage with the baleful nonchalance of a boxer bent on mayhem. Once he settled at the keyboard, his touch was featherweight light, his attack crisp and restrained through Debussy's liquid Images and Beethoven's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pianists: Reluctant Master | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

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