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Looking at a newspaper's entertainment page these days a reader might think the whole country had gone (POW! WOW! WHIZ!) comic crazy. Annie is S.R.O. on Broadway, Superman is the highest grossing movie, and prime-time TV looks like one vast kiddieland. The Incredible Hulk is breaking up the furniture, Wonder Woman is bouncing over buildings, Captain America is flexing his muscles, and Spider-Man is crawling up the wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Marvels of The Mind | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...center will have parking for 8,600 cars, 100 air-conditioned stores, which Puckett estimates will gross $2,000,000 a week. Added attractions: an auditorium seating 500 (for auto shows, square dances, etc.), two six-storied office buildings (one for doctors and dentists), several restaurants, a "Kiddieland," an outdoor ice-skating rink, bowling alleys, a carillon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Super Centers | 1/24/1955 | See Source »

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