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Though the bulk of the paperwork is over in the admissions office, the phones are ringing nonstop, and the words. "Sorry, we can't disclose any information until Monday" punctuate the waiting-room...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: The Chosen Ones | 4/17/1982 | See Source »

...will say about the pain of his shunning. But other ex-Witnesses have launched a barrage of protests, publications and lawsuits. These dissidents contend that roughly 1 million people have left the Watch Tower ranks over the past decade. The Witnesses report that they are still growing, thanks to nonstop recruiting. Still, that success may not go on for long. They have necessarily backed off the 1975 date, but the End must occur during the lifetime of people who still remember the earthly events of 1914. With the rapidly thinning ranks of such oldsters, the Witnesses confront an increasingly troublesome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Witness Under Prosecution | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

...President gave a preview of his argument last week in a speech to civic and business leaders in New York City. "Yes, we are in a recession," Reagan said. "Our Administration is cleanup crew for those who went on a nonstop [spending] binge and left the tab for us to pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Program for New Federalism | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

...victorious Ted Kennedy celebrates his win with a box of Twinkies; out of control, he eats nonstop for a month, ballooning beyond 400 pounds. "I'm a big fan of big government," he chortles merrily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Hit Squads' From the Quad | 1/15/1982 | See Source »

...which the historical John Reed might compete with Beatty's Jack, the film instead takes testimony from 32 "witnesses"-old friends and colleagues like Henry Miller, Adela Rogers St. Johns and Rebecca West, who offer a Kane-like kaleidoscope of memories. The rest of Reds is a nonstop narrative that climaxes with skyrockets over Red Square and finds its denouement in a lovely Liebestod. The script, by Beatty and British Playwright Trevor Griffiths (with help, reportedly, from Elaine May and Robert Towne), is a series of small quick steps that deftly transport Reed from Pancho Villa's Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Go On | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

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