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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...during the '30s as the Nazis twist science into racist doctrine. In postwar Hollywood he endures producers who change his King Arthur script from a heroic Christian epic to a cheap romance. Toomey is a lonely paradox: lacking an abiding spiritual faith, he can enjoy but not fully possess the material world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Devils in the Flesh | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

...will, at first, be highly selective, taking in only about 20 students a year. Concentrators will have to possess an advanced knowledge of one foreign language--advanced enough to enroll in a 100-level language course--and pass a special language exam administered by the concentration committee...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Literature Wins a Home | 12/13/1980 | See Source »

...Edna's quarreling begins to grate. Likewise, Simon is out of his league when he attempts to portray a nervous breakdown; as a result Achtman is forced to rely on a farcical style when Mel snaps. But if, in the end, he and McPhee don't possess the passion to enflame the big emotional speeches in some scenes, they make us care about Mel's and Edna's ups and downs, triumphs and hardships. And that's no small feat...

Author: By Brian M. Sands, | Title: Second Avenue Serenade | 12/10/1980 | See Source »

Experience shows that among nuclear powers it is the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. that share the main responsibility for the development of events in the world. They possess the major arms potential, and therefore the levers of influence on world development are in their hands. This is not a hegemonism of some nations over others. But the truth must be faced squarely that it is with the active participation of the Soviet Union and the U.S. that a number of treaties and agreements have in the past few decades been signed that restrain the proliferation of nuclear weapons, ban hostile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Sow Today, Reap Tomorrow | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...doomed. We may surpass each other in the production of a specific type of arms, but when we speak of the approximate parity of forces, both in your country and ours, we consider the totality of all the weapons that the Soviet Union, the U.S. and their allies possess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Sow Today, Reap Tomorrow | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

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