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Paris, 1927. Abel Gance's four-and-a-half-hour monument to nationalism opens at the Theatre de l'Opera. Gance expects that his techniques and innovations will revolutionize film. He is particularly proud of Polyvision, used at the end of the film. The screen widens, and on three separate...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Liberty and Tyranny | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

United States relations with Canada resemble the links between an imperial power and one of its colonies, an MIT professor of political science said yesterday at a Center for International Affairs seminar.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S.-Canada Ties | 10/7/1981 | See Source »

Yes. The barest ticky-tacky American apartment or tract house gives the occupant on whim: hot water, electric lights, air conditioning pretty often, and far more sheltered space than anyone in the world (except for the most imperial and ostentatious) has ever had the luxury of rattling around in. Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Downsizing an American Dream | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

Eagle, a small Denver firm whose stock has been publicly traded for just one year, has no track record for finding oil. It has obtained oil and gas leases for 750,000 acres in the Rockies, as well as for 46,000 acres in California's Imperial Valley. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eagle Has Landed | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

In Paris, an Iranian exile group called the Azadegan (Free People) Organization claimed credit for the hijacking, which was aimed at keeping the new missile boats out of the hands of Iran's fundamentalist Islamic regime. The pirate force was led by Admiral Kamal Habibollahi, a former commander of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: Piracy, Protests And Polemics | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

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