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...recent a spate of opera films are making it possible to munch away on popcorn, Junior Mints or anything else while basking in some of the world's sophisticated music. The film adaptations of Mozart's "The Magic Flute", Puccini's "La Traviata" and now Bizet's "Carmen" return opera to its intended audience, the general public, more successfully than any low-budget opera company ever could...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: Bringing Good Opera to the People | 10/24/1984 | See Source »

...Washington for the past two months, federal officials and bankers feverishly drafted a plan for the biggest bailout of a private company in U.S. history. The group of three dozen rescuers shuttled from one drab Government conference room to another, working 120-hr, weeks and pausing only occasionally to munch on fried chicken or hamburgers. Until the last minute, dozens of details were still undecided. But finally, William Isaac, chairman of the Federal Deposit In surance Corp., announced at a Washington press conference that the FDIC would put up $4.5 billion to rescue Chicago's failing Continental Illinois Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betting Billions on a Bank | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

...ready to watch ABC'S closeups and moments of Olympic history and expert analyses. No, the hotel never got your reservation. Sorry, this ticket is good only for the first round of archery. The world will look at California, which in turn will look as laid back as Edvard Munch's The Scream. Yet the place should survive. For the moment there is a mixture of frenzy, anticipation and smog. This Saturday the final torchbearer will be prepared to do the final leg, the name of the runner kept secret till the last minute by L.A.O.O.C. President Peter Ueberroth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Why We Play These Games | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

...surf, the keening of seagulls and occasionally the shouts of children playing on the beach. The puzzle is how to connect the remembered knot of constant fear, the moments of horror and exhilaration in combat, with the tranquil landscape beyond the beach. It is a vision by Edvard Munch imposed on a romantic painting from la Belle Epoque. Some of the veterans, now mainly in their 60s, simply sit down on the beach and stare out to sea. For others, the contrast between recollection and reality, that old trick of time, brings tears to the eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-Day: Daisies from the Killing Ground | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

...started out as a normal Wednesday night study break Twenty-two Wiggles worth students piled into their proctor's cramped living room at 10 p.m. to munch on Oreos and Cheese Doodles But along with the chips, the freshmen passed around birth control devices...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: Birth Control At Harvard: Spreading The Word | 12/1/1983 | See Source »

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