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Apart from its affectionate snapshots of theatrical mechanics, backstage bitchiness, superstitious rituals and votive dedication, The Dresser's compounded impact comes from its being a Lear within a Lear. Norman is Shakespeare's Fool as much as he is Sir's. The storm-ravaged heath is Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Passion's Cue | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

As the astronauts recorded the occurrence of lightning for weather analysts, instruments checked the amount of carbon monoxide at different levels of the atmosphere and monitored the rate of growth of sunflower seedlings in the weightless environment.

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: The Shuttle Story: Short but Sweet | 11/18/1981 | See Source »

Much of their information comes from an unmanned Pioneer spacecraft. Since it began orbiting Venus three years ago, it has studied the planet's weather by photographing changing cloud patterns and lifted its veil with a radar beacon, mapping 93% of Venus' shrouded surface. Though the planet has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Venus' Omen | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

The locale is Hazelhurst, Miss., and the time is "five years after Hurricane Camille," Playwright Henley's little hint that this clan is disaster-prone. Lenny MaGrath (Lizbeth Mackay), the eldest sister, is facing her 30th birthday with "a shrunken ovary" and no gentlemen callers in sight. She is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Southern Sibs | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

The trouble usually starts when sudden demands are made on an unconditioned body. In tennis and basketball, the knees and ankles must accommodate quick stops and starts and lightning changes of direction. In jogging, the athlete's feet typically strike the ground 800 to 1,000 times a mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Diet and Exercise Dangers | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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