Word: leanness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Show Business Correspondent Denise Worrell called on this week's cover subject, David Lean, she was struck by two things: "The film maker's utter lack of pretension, and his silver-haired, craggy good looks. He has the kind of face that centuries ago was stamped on coins." That face would not have been out of place in a David Lean movie, say Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago. Or, for that matter, this season's hit, A Passage to India. But Worrell soon learned that it would not be easy...
TIME correspondents covered some of the same ground in reporting on Lean's 42-year career. New Delhi Bureau Chief Dean Brelis went to Calcutta to interview Victor Banerjee before the actor flew to Los Angeles to join Lean at Passage's premiere. Says Brelis: "There was a strong sense of old India. The Banerjee home and garden, in the center of the overcrowded city, is in fact extremely private, surrounded by a high wall." In Sydney, TIME'S Tim Dare talked to Actress Judy Davis about Lean's "volatile" directorial style. Reporter John Wright tracked...
...planning for this week's cover story began nearly two years ago, when Contributor Jay Cocks learned that Lean was preparing to return to the screen. "I was immediately interested," says Cocks, who first observed Lean at work in 1969 on the set of Ryan's Daughter. "Lean is one of the world's greatest directors, and I was desperate to get a chance to write about him." Last month Cocks flew to London to attend an exclusive screening of the finished movie. He was joined by Senior Editor Martha Duffy, who edited the cover, and Contributor...
...retail sales were up 1.8%. That early Christmas-season gain, the healthiest monthly increase since April, helped allay retailers' fears that holiday buying would be weak. Other key indicators showed that November industrial production grew .4%, the first gain in three months, while stocks of unsold goods remain lean...
...panel urged immediate and "intensive" treatment of those at risk, beginning with a lowfat, low-cholesterol diet. Such a regimen usually emphasizes fruits and vegetables, substitutes chicken, fish and lean meats for fatty ones, and encourages the use of polyunsaturated oil for cooking. For patients who fail to respond to diet, cholesterol-lowering drugs are advised. Further cautions: Do not smoke, exercise regularly and control your weight...