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Dayan was full of admitted contradictions, a political maverick, immensely charming but fiercely independent and often gloomily distant. His first wife Ruth once remarked that "it's very difficult to be his wife, but it's wonderful to be on the sidelines watching him. He doesn't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: First in War, First in Peace | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

Since scanners do their work with lightning speed, and in silence, more than a few shoppers naturally wonder whether everything is being totted up accurately. POSitalker was designed to give them reassurance that the laser scanner is doing its work properly, and most people seem pleased enough. Says Peter Scialabba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dividends: Courtesy, Machine Style | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

"You Can Count on Sears," proudly claims America's largest retailer in its advertising. Until recently that slogan referred mainly to consumer goods like clothes, dishwashers or power tools available in its 859 stores. But customers may soon turn to Sears to buy a house or a share of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Stores | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

The most controversial ouster, however, was the firing of Employment Secretary James Prior, the nemesis of the Tory right wing, who had urged Thatcher to ease up on the trade unions. An extremely popular M.P. who acted as a lightning rod for disaffected Tory backbenchers, Prior had even won praise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Turmoil Right and Left | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

The movie begins at sundown in Oberwald. Soldiers patrol the castle grounds in search of Sebastian (Franco Branciaroli), the would-be assassin. The film stock looks grainy, murky, like a kinescope of some 1948 "Kraft Television Theater" production. Afterimages cast a split-second shadow on every movement. Then a sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Raise the Colors | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

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