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...said that nearly half of all living Americans can track their ancestry through the imposing Great Hall on Ellis Island, once the nation's largest immigration station. No wonder, then, that a drive to make a national museum of the cracked, peeling facility, along with its famous next-door neighbor, the Statue of Liberty, has not gone wanting for funds. Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty -- their very names seem to pop latches off pocketbooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: From Ellis Island to Lax | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...PARKING EN ESTE DRIVEWAY reads a sign in Miami, and motorists know exactly what it means. In Los Angeles, shopkeepers do not miss a beat if a customer asks, "Donde esta la panty hose?" When a newly arrived Manhattanite asks his neighbor, "Tienes un VCR?" the reply is immediate: "Over there, under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Donde Esta el VACUUM CLEANER? | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...difference in plot is for the worst. Clint actually does the deed with his neighbor's concubine, something that Shane never would have done. The portrayal of an ex-gunfighter trying to get away from it all--which was barely believable when Ladd did it--is lost in Eastwood's performance, as he begins the movie by beating his opponents to a pulp...

Author: By Thomas M. Dovle, | Title: Pale Imitation | 7/4/1985 | See Source »

Arthur and his wife Rita, 50, were well liked by neighbors in the prosperous five-family cul-de-sac. Alone in their brick four-bedroom home after their three grown children moved away, the couple was involved in local civic work. Arthur had helped form the block's anti-crime program, and served as president of both a local civic league and a swim club. Recalled one neighbor: "They were an all-American family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Very Serious Losses | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

...that has made their system attractive for use in many churches: in a leap of faith and act of will, each person must see and love the Child in others. The healthy stance, "I'm OK -- You're OK," turns out to be Jesus' dictum played sideways: "Love thy neighbor as thyself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Keeping the Adult in Control | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

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