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...Magi) is an ambiguous wise man. He has been a phony evangelist who muleted gullible believers, a sly fox in the vineyards of the Lord. Precisely because he has dabbled in the devil's art, he can cite Scripture, incandescently, to cast out the devils who possess Shelley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Unholy Flame | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

...differ in the most crucial aspect--the mindless people. Whether active or inactive have denied the value of their own intelligence. The mindful people, in facing doubts and in leaving themselves open to change and re-evaluation and learning, are making use of the only abilities we really possess to deal with the worst problems facing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Real Activism | 4/16/1982 | See Source »

...cultural totems and taboos. That is what makes A.R. Gurney Jr.'s drama something of a novelty. It is not a play, properly speaking, but a series of vignettes, almost like revue sketches, set in Northeastern Wasp territory, where the inhabitants go to Ivy League schools, often possess inherited wealth and hold their opinions in their obdurate spines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Decline of the Wasp | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

Only in Alaska may a person possess a small amount of marijuana. Yet almost anywhere in the nation it is possible to find stores selling pipes and other gear with which to enjoy the illicit weed. Called head shops ("head" is slang for a frequent drug user), they number about 15,000 and do an estimated $2 billion in annual business. But after an 8-to-0 U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week, high times could turn into hard times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Head-Shop Low | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

...been one of frenzied meetings between Nixon, Haldeman, Ehrlichman and former Attorney General and Campaign Manager John Mitchell. But I was not aware of them. I would like to be able to report that I said something helpful or constructive to the obviously distraught President. But few advisers possess the fortitude to tell their President that they do not know what he is talking about. I mumbled something noncommittal that Nixon construed as assent. "All right," he said, "we will draw the wagons around the White House." He gave that enigmatic metaphor no further content before hanging up suddenly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GATHERING IMPACT | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

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