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Imagine an instant replay-not in slow motion, but in reverse. That is what Harold Pinter has done in depicting an adulterous love affair. It is over in the first of nine scenes, and it begins just before the curtain drops. This is a clever conceit. Pinter, as we have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pinter-Patter | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

"Precision Valve Company, good afternoon," says a pleasant voice.

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: 'Nobody Here Knows Anything' | 1/18/1980 | See Source »

Undaunted, and spurred on by Dennis' precision-play in the nets, Princeton retaliated for three goals in 1:29, by Dave Tweedy, Forbes and Ken Koenig.

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Tigers Maul Icemen In Ivy Battle, 5-3 | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

They were known as the Broad Street Bullies, a roughhouse squad more adept at manhandling than stickhandling. Their street-gang tactics earned them an eight-year stretch as the champs of the National Hockey League penalty box, including a record 33 hours in 1975-76. For a while it paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Seeing a Future That Works | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

Through five weeks of press briefings on the Iranian crisis, State Department Spokesman Hodding Carter III has shown himself a master of the diplomatic metaphor, using colorful figures of speech with a surgeon's precision. Last week the English language began to show signs of strain under Carter'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Metaphorosis | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

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