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The party's reforms were already affecting the country's political customs. Looking incongruously like Western politicians on the hustings, officials fanned out across the country last week to meet with factory-level party units and solicit their support. Applause was not always forthcoming. At the Lenin Shipyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: A Conditional Reprieve | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

THERE'S AN OLD cinematic recipe for directors of suspense films: Mix quirky but endearing characters. Add love story and dash of intrigue. Garnish with slam-bang conclusion in odd place, i.e., merry-go-round, theater, Mount Rush-more. Alfred Hitchock, the master of such concoctions, entranced audiences with well...

Author: By Leigh A. Jackson, | Title: Scene of the Crime | 4/1/1981 | See Source »

You say about Jane Doe who has lost her memory [March 2] that "no regional accent distinguishes her speech." All speakers have regional characteristics. Does Jane pronounce a final and a pre-consonantal r, such as in cart or charge? If she does, she does not come from most of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 30, 1981 | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY, for tomorrow we...hear Mahler's Sixth.

Author: By Robert F. Deitch, | Title: Francis Ford Mahler's Sixth | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

Many non-drivers hint vaguely at some ghastly automotive da fé in their past. Others have good reason to leave the driving to someone else. Says English Actor Michael Caine: "When I was young I couldn't afford a car, and now that I'm rich I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Kiwi in the Catbird Seat | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

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