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TV detectives should mind their manners. Rough, tough crime fighters like NBC's Hunter won relatively few fans last fall, while CBS's civilized whodunit Murder, She Wrote, with Angela Lansbury as a sleuthing mystery writer, was a hit. Presto! CBS has given that show a Sunday-night partner in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Autumn Goofs, Winter Repairs | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

Her response was the New England Japanese Center, which she runs out of her home in Stow, Mass. Along with the seminars, the center offers services ranging from translation and language instruction to private lessons in Japanese manners, which Atsumi gives in a den outfitted as a traditional Japanese sitting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zen in the Executive Suite | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

Yet Aziz is fascinated by the British--by their advanced technology, their advanced technology, the crisp, refined manners. He emulates them, dressing, in three-piece suits with collar cuffs and pedalling his way around Chandrapore on a bicycle. Gallantly, he kisses Adeln's hand upon their introduction. When the liberal...

Author: By Jane Avrich, | Title: Awakening in India | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

HURLYBURLY. The evil of banality: this is the subject of David Rabe's comedy of modern bad manners. His men are Peter Pan's lost boys grown older but not up; his women are resilient rag dolls. Director Mike Nichols and an exemplary cast evoke these dead souls with compassionate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Best of 84: Theater | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

The series' domain is the subcontinental divide that separates those worlds. The action begins with an awkward mating dance between a shy English expatriate, Daphne Manners (Susan Wooldridge), and a tall, dark, handsome Indian, Hari Kumar (Art Malik). Straightforward enough, so it seems. But "in India," as one character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: A Grand Elegy to the Raj | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

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