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...superiors, however, saw in the young officer qualities that did not leap from his 201 file. He had a grin that could melt the coldest commanding officer. He could write a mean memo, a talent then, as now, in short supply in the Army. He could take an abandoned field at Gettysburg, Pa., and turn it into a tank corps training camp with impressive speed and imagination, and without benefit of tanks. Douglas MacArthur picked Eisenhower in 1935 to help him build an army for the soon-to-be-independent Philippines. At the outbreak of World War II, General George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Sublime Commander | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

...kind of sock-hop benefit for Approaching Middle Age. This maturing generation never played Taps with such glamour or good humor. Play the music and let the big chill-the knowledge that "we're all alone out there, and we're going out there tomorrow"-melt away in the warmth of the feel-good movie of '83. -By Richard Corliss

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: You Get What You Need | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...males, the lure is almost irresistible, and all the corporate credos against intracorridor alliances melt away. Daniel, the group manager, flips for Sheila, the assistant to his vice president. Judith, the vice president, and Sam, a higher-level bank manager, become entangled. A law-firm associate is drawn to one of the partners. Writes Collins: "Opportunity and need eventually wore down prudence." The author describes the cases in prose that resembles True Confessions more than the normally staid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love's Labor | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

...Outsiders, and film-newcomer McCarthy work well as Vernon's dynamic duo, constructing a close roommate-friendship that is first destroyed, then rebuilt in the wake of Jonathan's affair. And John Cusak steals more than one scene as Roscoe, the school's butter-wouldn't-melt-in-your-month darling who feeds inside information to "the gang...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Ahead of the Class | 7/22/1983 | See Source »

...magnetic presence in the midst of a cast of predictable caricatures. The mix does produce poignant moments, as when the carriage briefly unfolds its characters at a hill and they start singing Don Giovanni in the misty woods, and when Restif and Casanova combine their charisma and wit to melt the hearts of each woman in the carriage in turn...

Author: By Mark Murray, | Title: Motion Sickness | 6/7/1983 | See Source »

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