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...want to push the idea, Michel offered some advice: "It ought to be on a one-on-one basis and not handled by staff, so there's no mistake. You bare your breast to him and tell him how it is. He appreciates forth-rightness." Without any hint of what he would do, Reagan said of Ford: "We are meeting later on today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Inside the Jerry Ford Drama | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...preppy ("fantastic") or jargony ("power curve") phrases that bombed in New Hampshire. Harder to measure, but more important, his bubbly optimism seems to have changed into a more tempered and somber attitude. Though he still laughs easily with the press, his comments to reporters these days often have a hint of asperity. At last week's joint press conference with Reagan, Bush told a questioner: "I'm not going to get nickel-and-dimed to death with detail" about his differences with the presidential nominee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Not a Cross Word Between Us | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

Whatever political comment Used Cars aims to make (and there is a hilarious moment involving a presidential address), it gets lost in the car race that consumes the second half of the film. All of it is tongue-in-cheek, silly with a hint of satire but the slam-bang plot turns the movie into a predictable demolition derby...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Two for the Road | 7/18/1980 | See Source »

...film also ends with no hint of resolution. Lucas and director Irvin Kershner take us to the edges of our seats and leave us there. If the quality of future Star Wars films remains as high as in the first two (or middle two, depending on your point of view), we'll still be there for episode VI three years hence--and for the last installment a generation from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bombs | 7/4/1980 | See Source »

...years ago, is not forgetful and does not suffer from "blue" periods. Six doctors who have examined the Californian in recent years assured the newspaper that he is physically and mentally fit. Reagan promised that if he becomes President, he will resign at the first hint of senility. Said he: "I would walk away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: In Search of a Theme | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

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