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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Says he: "This has been going on for so long that it became a way of life." Amoco declines to comment "because of the investigation by the SEC," but a spokesman calls Anderson "a disgruntled former employee." Responds Anderson: "I'm not disgruntled. I'm just goddam mad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Executive Swag | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

While there are some amusing moments in 1941, there is none of the spontaneity that makes for fun. The movie's premise is as overblown as its execution. 1941 seems to be composed of ill-matched parts of The Russians Are Coming, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Animal House, The War of the Worlds and I Wanna Hold Your Hand (also written by the Lorraine team of Zemeckis and Gale). Set around Los Angeles right after Pearl Harbor, the film shows what might have happened if panicky Californians had convinced themselves that they were under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bombs Bursting in Air | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

There were no separate peaces. Only nightly shards of instruments lying on the floor of the stage like jigsaw fragments. "We're always trying to outdo each other onstage," Daltrey says. "All of us are a bit mad. We've stayed together for 15 years because we've never stopped fighting." Adds Townshend, "The Who's like an open book. It leads to a kind of unwitting honesty. That's what I think the fans really get fanatic about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock's Outer Limits | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...must have gone mad to countenance the evolution of such an absurd system to elect a President. That important men like Kennedy and Baker and Brown are already devoting most of their not inconsiderable abilities to elect themselves to a presidency that begins in January 1981 is incredible. That the President, with his incalculable responsibility, must concentrate for over one-quarter of his tenure on his re-election is perilous for the nation. That millions will be spent on the campaign rather than to alleviate the suffering in Cambodia is obscene. Yet this insane system does not guarantee the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Iran's Revenge | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Congressman George Hansen is 6 ft. 6 in. tall and .025 mm thick. He is a piece of video tape, an electronic actor raised to global status through a system gone a bit mad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: A New Kind of Crisismonger | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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