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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Foiled by the script, Reynolds gives an adequate performance, though even he cannot slurp, "I'm finding myself" and maintain a straight face Spacy Marilyn has little class and while Clayburgh's acting can be forceful, it pales beside her should-have-won-the-Oscar Unmarried performance. Candice Bergen is as gorgeous and haughty as Von Furstenberg at Studio 54, finally abandoning the revolting spriteliness of her Cie commercial persona...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: One Sings, the Other Two Don't | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

Sindona maintains that he was abducted by Italian terrorists who wanted information from him about crimes committed by top Italian politicians, and that he was wounded when he tried to escape. Says his psychiatrist, Dr. George Serban: "If this gentleman was not kidnaped, he should get an Oscar for acting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Sindona Returns | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...sweeping changes won quick approval from Washington, which hailed the new government as "progressive and reasonable." It also won the cautious endorsement of San Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero y Galdamez. In a broadcast over the national radio station, the archbishop pleaded with his countrymen to give the new regime time to prove that "its beautiful promises are not dead letters but rather a real hope that a new era has begun for our country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EL SALVADOR: A Coup Against Chaos | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Historians in our society have the awesome and tedious burden of recounting events with accuracy. Handlin, University Professor of History and dean of American historians, has found fault with the work of some of his predecessors and colleagues. Oscar Handlin is a disappointed...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: A Tale of Woe | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...Pele--no silky smooth movement, no Oscar-winning imitations of a gazelle. No, just good, solid soccer--the kind of play that should see him hitting the post, or just inside of it, with something other than his knee in the upcoming ASL season...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: In the Pros, Ost is Still the Most | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

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