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...months of inaction and delay. Argued Hojatolislam Mahallati in backing the bill: "We have let the government start negotiations with a third country and we cannot go against the government." The majority seemed to side with Nabavi when he contended: "We have rubbed America's nose in the dirt. The government wants to get rid of the problem in the next two or three days-either freedom or a trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hostage Breakthrough | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

...farce The Awful Truth, this time with Chevy Chase in the Cary Grant role, Goldie Hawn as Irene Dunne and Charles Grodin as Ralph Bellamy. If the new cast spells magic to you, rush to S.L.O.T. You'll see Chevy stumble down an entire hillside and get his nose bobbed by a series of vengeful swinging doors. You'll see Goldie giggle and mewl her way through a dozen predictable dilemmas. You will find that you've seen all this before, and better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Comedy: Big Bucks, Few Yuks | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...clock. He likes to ride for a couple of hours each morning and work in the afternoon. He saddles the horses himself, cleans their hoofs and, in the past, even changed their shoes. He climbed up on Little Man, still spirited and shrewd enough to open gates with its nose. Reagan had ridden the horse's mother in one of his movies, Stallion Road, bought her and later bred her. A practiced hunter and jumper, he now restricts himself to trail riding. He loves the surprises of the changing landscape: trails that suddenly open to sloping meadows or pitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Skies Are Not Cloudy... | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

...Councilman Raymond Flynn. "Among the obligations we have is burial of the dead." Last week city hall resumed the Saturday graveyard shift. But there was no question about what else the mayor would like to bury. Says City Councilman Patrick McDonough: "City hall is rubbing the electorate's nose in such outrages as the Saturday burial ban, hoping that this will make them back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trouble at the Tea Party | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

...tall and a trifle overweight. His face is an elfin caricature, the pale cheeks almost submerged under a wide mustache, the profile dominated by a prominent nose and an outthrust jaw. Yet he radiates an unmistakable air of authority, along with an infectious good humor. Working a crowd, he displays the charisma of a natural leader. Said a Gdansk woman worker after hearing him speak last week: "He is the right man at the right tune. He was able to give us hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: He Gave Us Hope | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

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