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Yet his past in many ways personifies the abiding Polish dilemma born of geography and the hard knocks of history. Jaruzelski was 16 when Nazi Germany attacked Poland in 1939, and he recalls vividly how, on a clear September day 51 years ago, he and his family crossed into Lithuania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland The Man Who Did His Duty | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

If, as Lewis Mumford wrote, cities were created as "a means of bringing heaven down to earth" and "a symbol of the possible," New York is the epitome of those dreams. No other city's skyline thrusts so aggressively toward the heavens, pulling down the clouds like a monarch shrugging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Decline Of New York | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

The special effects are the most laughable feature. This is surprising because the F/X people are a remarkably qualified bunch, some having worked on mega-hits like Star Wars and Ghostbusters. But they could have used some ghostbusters on this set. The souls of the not-so-dearly departed in...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: Friendy Ghost is Spoof, Not Spook | 7/20/1990 | See Source »

The Muhammadans have seven heavens, but Hollywood does nicely with just one. It's decorated in basic white and packed in dry ice. Horses and dogs have wings there, and the flowers speak to God, who is either black or George Burns. When you arrive (by elevator or escalator), a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Giving Up the Ghosts | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails . . .

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Race To Mars? | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

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