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...know something about his childhood and psychological background; perhaps it would give us a clue as to why he unleashes so much fury on his characters. He's so perverse and sadistic that he really is endearing--he probably sleeps on a rack. The Fury is a startlingly pure film: 100 per cent...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Splattering Psychics | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

...pure political theater, set in Peking's cavernous Great Hall of the People. All the votes were unanimous, all the speakers loudly applauded by the 3,497 delegates. The script for last week's National People's Congress, the body that theoretically serves as China's parliament, came courtesy of the all-powerful Communist Party Central Committee. The point the Central Committee wished to drive home: 18 months after Mao's death and the subsequent arrest of the radical Gang of Four. China's leadership has consolidated, and seeks, under "the great banner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Hundred Flowers, Part 2 | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...find a dialectic in Lady Be Good--an unresolved dialectic. On one side stands the dumb dialogue, technical weakness and a lackluster beginning. On the other: great music, strong voices and peppy dancing. You just can't dive too deeply in the waters of this show. It's very pure, very shallow musical comedy...

Author: By Chris Healey, | Title: Good Enough Gershwin | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...meandering in grassy glades. Bernard Darwin put it best when he wrote: "There is something magical about the first rounds of spring, so that we remember some of them long, long after we have played them, not on account of any petty personal triumphs or disaster, but from the pure joy of being alive, club in hand...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The First Swing of Spring | 3/11/1978 | See Source »

According to Agrani, ISKCON will be universally accepted when all the devotees become experts in presenting Krishna consciousness and are able to convince people they are free from material or personal motivations. He says, "Today people are afraid and accustomed to being cheated. When we become pure enough to convince them we are spiritual servants of God, people will accept...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: 'Hare Hare' | 3/9/1978 | See Source »

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