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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ditch effort to prop up the East German system before the rift between the party and society grows too wide to bridge. He flatly rejected any suggestion that East Germany might be merging into the West. "The question is not on the table," he said. "Socialism and capitalism have never existed together on German soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany No Longer If But When | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...Kenneth Branagh. But how much awe can a 28-year-old actor, little known outside Britain and directing his first film, expect to inspire? Branagh recalls that when Judi Dench, who plays Mistress Quickly, first saw this scene, "she laughed in my face and said, 'I've never seen an entrance like that! Who do you think you are?' " He retorted, "The film is not called Mistress Quickly the Fourth." No, but it might be called King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: King Ken Comes to Conquer | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...also marks the culmination of a career that never pointed toward children's books in the first place. Van Allsburg, the son of a Grand Rapids dairy owner, set out to be a sculptor after studying at the University of Michigan and the Rhode Island School of Design. But he also sketched continually, and his wife Lisa, then an art teacher, showed some of his drawings to children's book editors. "Everybody else called them odd," he recalls. "I didn't." The editors liked the oddness. In 1979 Van Allsburg made his debut with The Garden of Abdul Gasazi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rhinoceroses in The Living Room | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Another clergyman, who is a regional director of priestly education in one of the larger men's orders, explained to TIME the justification for his private homosexual life during recent years. "We'll never know what is right or wrong until we open up the issue and look at people's experiences," he said. "I don't see any contradiction between having an intimate relationship and a total commitment to Christ." This prominent priest said his superiors have been quietly aware of his long-running, but not live-in, relationship with a fellow gay. They expect him to be judicious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Battle over Gay Clergy | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...with the National Association for the Education of Young Children, feels that redshirting may be of value to about 1% of children but in some places is routinely suggested for 30% of kindergarten applicants. "Being older is no guarantee of success," she says. "By holding children back, you'll never know what they could have done if you let them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Redshirt Solution | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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