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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contains few elements of a traditional film. Instead of a movie, Stallone has created a visual and aural experience design to bombast and overwhelm the viewer's senses. All the blows have been amplified and run through some electronic thingamajig to produce a sound much akin to a pack of wolves attacking a square mile of sheet metal. Clips from the earlier three movies fly past with the incredible rapidity of a flurry of Marvin Hagler haymakers to the pounding strains of "Burning Heart" by Survivor. The audience has to weather flashing lights, smoke, flags, flying drops of sweat, blood...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: Stallone's Simplistic Struggle | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

THERE IS NO doubt that cigarette smoking has become a lot less popular since it has been recognized as a serious health hazard. Tobacco companies made a lot of money when people thought it was perfectly safe to smoke a pack or two a day. But prior to the Surgeon General's report cigarette smokers did not choose to begin using an addictive and deadly drug; they chose to use a product that was advertised as being entirely harmless. If tobacco companies made an honest mistake about the health effects of cigarettes, no one can blame them. But if they...

Author: By John Ross, | Title: Corporate Accountability? | 11/27/1985 | See Source »

...Crimson continued its success through the quarterfinal round. Co-Captain Larry Scott cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over the tournament's number two seed, Tim Donovan of Brown, to lead the pack of netmen into the semis...

Author: By Barbara VAN Gorder, | Title: Scott Takes Singles Title, Engle-Scott Fly at Rolex | 11/18/1985 | See Source »

...summer, a cruise aboard the Britannia to Scotland in August. The family is relentlessly outdoorsy; they like nothing better than to put on their macs and picnic in the chill air of the Scottish Highlands. After the meal, they all go tramping through the heather with a pack of pesky corgis nipping at their heels. Not exactly Diana's idea of a giggle. For her the royal sing-alongs with Princess Margaret plinking the ivories just do not compare with listening to Dire Straits on her trusty Walkman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prince and His Princess Arrive: Charles and Di | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...gorgeous, gorgeous" skin. From the time Esty decided that something might be done with Uncle John's skin formulas, she worked tirelessly behind cramped counters, in the waiting rooms of store buyers, pushing, touching, smearing, charming, hectoring. When she first met Helena Rubinstein, she told her that Lauder Creme Pack would do much to smooth out Madame's neck. (Decades later she astounded Jeane Kirkpatrick with the suggestion that her clothes aged her. "You mean you don't like what I'm wearing?" gasped the Ambassador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Esty, Mistress of Makeup Estee: a Success Story | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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