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It is easy to believe him, for in person Boulez is affable and charming. Of average height, balding, with a pleasant Gallic face, he could pass for a friendly greengrocer in his native Loire region. Yet throughout his career, his work has often been criticized for what some perceive as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pierre Boulez: The Soul of a New Machine | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

No business arena is more alluring to Korean manufacturers than the U.S. auto showroom. Americans bought some 11 million cars last year for $131 billion. Hyundai, whose Pony subcompact is already the best-selling import in Canada, may be able to capitalize indirectly on the lofty reputation of products made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Excel Has Landed a $4,995 Car Could Be the Latest | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

The decision to install grates over the heating vents at Leverett House is appalling. It is unfortunate that the Dowlings did not perceive the opportunity which the grates provided as one allowing us to offer service to others less fortunate than ourselves. We have few opportunities of this sort in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Ourselves And Others | 1/22/1986 | See Source »

The source of his triumph is his viewpoint. Great tragic figures generally demand close-ups as a divine right, so that the audience can read the play of noble emotions in their features. In Ran, that shot scarcely exists. Kurosawa's cameras (he usually covers each scene with three) are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Lesson of the Master Ran | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

Allman says many doctors at Countway see old medical texts as being dated, and thus not a priority for the library. "Different libraries perceive the financial commitment differently," Allman says. Doctors at the medical school library have a "tendency to forget about the importance of older things," Allman says, because...

Author: By Teresa L. Johnson, | Title: The Rush To Save Books | 12/11/1985 | See Source »

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