Word: journeyer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time-travel equipment. The "science" of all of this, of course, seems improbable at best. (Even a believer in time travel might expect the research company to take the precaution of keeping their experiments clear of the Baja 1000.) But if we forgive the technological inconsistencies surrounding Swann's journey through time, the ploy presents some lively possibilities...
...barren South Atlantic archipelago, the Prime Minister was moved to tears as she honored Britain's fighting men, living and dead, whose victory over an Argentine occupying force had lifted Britain's spirits and Thatcher's own political fortunes. Her supporters cheered the 8,000-mile journey, which began shrouded in secrecy until her rugged Hercules transport plane touched down on the new airstrip at Port Stanley, the capital. Thatcher called it her "personal pilgrimage." Her adversaries called it a crass political ploy, calculated to appeal to British nationalism and boost the Prime Minister's standing...
With these dramatic scenes from Thatcher's sentimental journey, Argentines were uncomfortably reminded of a lost war that became a national humiliation. Argentine President Reynaldo Bignone branded Thatcher's trip "a new act of provocation and arrogance." Washington, which was not forewarned of Thatcher's gesture, was not much happier about it. Although no public comment was made, privately officials called it "pretty extreme provocation." By reminding the Argentines of their military failure, an official said, Thatcher risked reviving anti-Americanism in a country that bitterly resented U.S. support for Britain during the Falklands war. Said another...
...shows running in Manhattan. Sculpture, combines and a 100-ft.-long photomontage based on a recent trip to China are being shown in three spaces run by Leo Castelli and Ileana Sonnabend downtown in SoHo; uptown, at the Museum of Modern Art, a set of collages from the China journey is on display. They are all pendants to a larger project, the Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Interchange (ROCI), whereby he intends to travel and exhibit a changing nucleus of works in some 20 countries, while working on new projects with local artists and craftsmen. The initial incarnation of the ROCI show...
...includes humorous interludes that create a sense of the championship team's former camaraderie. While their trophy may be a "myth," as Tom argues at one point, it holds the players together nonetheless. Similarly, the performances hold this movie together, as five men experience a varyingly painful and hopeful journey to understand what it was that made them so happy for a time...