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Dates: during 1980-1989
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He never seems to have doubted that the "religious war" against Hitler would be won. "Once the German problem has been dealt with," he wrote, "the real problems will become apparent." These haunted his dreams and letters: "For centuries, humanity has been descending an immense staircase whose top is hidden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Inveterate Soloist Wartime Writings: 1939-1944 | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

Ever since the heyday of horror fiction, when Henry James and Edith Wharton tried their hands at the supernatural, aficionados have been awaiting a writer to transcend the genre and give it a new legitimacy. Clive Barker may be the man. He is as morbid as Stephen King, but unlike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Aug. 4, 1986 | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

The Del-Lords believe in rock not only as a means of rhythmic release but also as a vehicle of conscience. Their songs are fleet enough to get an audience moving and tough enough to make them stop and think once the beat lets go. Scott Kempner plays a hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Where the Lifeline Is | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

Well, this season's big moneymaker appears to be a Motownesque ditty called "Sledgehammer" by erstwhile art-rocker Peter Gabriel. As summer swill singles go, "Sledge" is a real doozy, the slowed-down tempo perfect for dancing (or doing anything else) in a sand dune. Perhaps if "Sledge" was a...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: If, And, But, Maybe | 7/29/1986 | See Source »

The sparks generated by the Tennessee case have drawn two powerful lobbying outfits into the legal fray. People for the American Way, a civil liberties group, has marshaled resources to help defend the Hawkins County schools. Charges P.A.W. President Anthony Podesta: "If the Fundamentalists are successful, they will have established...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Tilting At Secular Humanism | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

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