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...world revolves around cruisin' and high school romances, with the biggest problem being what one will do with one's sweetheart and car when you head off to college. John Travolta greases back his hair and dances his way into our hearts, a tough guy who is basically a hopeless romantic. Certainly he is a bit insensitive, but it's nothing the heart of a good woman can't cure. Even in The Buddy Holly Story, which tries to trace the emergence of Rock and Roll, the whole thing comes off as some sort of apple pie success story, ignoring...

Author: By Tom Hines, | Title: Distorted Hindsight | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

...fight of Burlington, Vt., against the threat of the suburban mall [Nov. 13] compares with a buggy manufacturer obstructing the sale of autos in 1910. It is understandable, but hopeless. Most downtown areas, whether they are renovated or not, are now obsolete as shopping areas. They just don't give customers the convenience, hours and consideration they demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Man of the Year | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...Over the years we have put on programs which are well done and intelligent," he said. "Some are successful. Most are not. Opera is hopeless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NBC Executive Urges Viewers To Consider T.V. a Business | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...group of Canaanites held down the last stronghold of resistance against the inevitably victorious legions of Rome. From their desert fortress, the defenders and their families, cognizant of the fact that the rest of their nation had fallen, watched the Roman soldiers encircle them. The situation was hopeless, they decided; even if they fought off this wave of soldiers another would come, and then another--as many as it would take--until the siege snuffed out the defenders. With all this in mind, the defenders of the embattled mountaintop called Masada decided that the only logical course was suicide. They...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: A World Gone Berserk | 11/30/1978 | See Source »

...souls as part of the spiritual energy pervading the universe. Western religion is stingy: God came to earth (so the story goes) in only one incarnation, Jesus. In the East, there were many incarnations, many teachers, many who attained nirvana. The spiritual struggle in the East is not so hopeless, with divine grace coming in the last moments of submission and despair like some celestial cavalry riding over the hill as the archangels play their bugles...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Mantras and Mandalas | 11/28/1978 | See Source »

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