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...Loose, a bald attempt to copy such Reynolds hits as Smokey and the Bandit and Hooper. It's a sorry enterprise. Though Eastwood has his talents, light comedy is not among them. With his granite glances and stony delivery, he'd be better off playing Hamlet than spinning jokes. When Eastwood tries to put on a happy face, it comes out as a snicker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: No Exit | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...matched by that of many of the workers, but for different reasons. The day after the NIOC manager delivered his tribute to his revolution-minded employees, an oil truck burrowed through a fierce blizzard on the Zagros mountain road from Khuzestan to Tehran. At the mountain hamlet of Zalian, the driver came to a stop. Inside a shelter, he performed the ritual Muslim ablutions. Then, barefoot, the worshiper stepped onto a spotless linoleum platform and began his prayers. Afterward, he explained that he was willing to brave the storm to get badly needed heating oil to Tehran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: One Man's Word Is Law | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...when all psychological twitches are resentlessly understood, he observes: "Since jealousy is now curable, like TB, we can't have people dying of it any more. A few rap sessions, some fearless touch ing, and a new sense of self-worth would have Othello and lago and Hamlet and Juliet back on their feet in no time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cracks Wise and Otherwise | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

When the moment came to slip on the special burlap tarp, Mrs. Myers went up and put her hand on the tree and cried. An undertaker from their hamlet of Shiloh had asked Mr. Myers if he wanted to have a little service for the tree, but Mr. Myers declared firmly, "No, this is one you are not going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Mrs. Myers' Blue Spruce | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

...have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another. ?Hamlet, speaking to Ophelia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: Kiss and Sell | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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