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...meet this artistic challenge, and indeed, to get here at all, Makarova has already demonstrated a disposition to risk everything that caused one American dancer to refer to her, partly in awe, partly in envy, as "a little Russian juggernaut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Little Juggernaut | 1/4/1971 | See Source »

Ultimate Cross. Gomulka's government has been moving-but slowly and ineffectively-to improve the economy. After lengthy discussions, the Central Committee approved a new Five-Year Plan for 1971-76 and a progressive approach that economists refer to as "the New Economic Strategy." It made sense in theory but, as Alexis de Tocqueville noted, the most dangerous time for a government is hot when conditions are bad but when the regime is trying to make them better. Demonstrating both arrogance and a lack of touch with popular feelings, the government neglected to explain adequately what it was doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Poland: A Nation in Ominous Flames | 12/28/1970 | See Source »

...hours. The plethora of choice includes specific cards with appropriate illustrations for family and lovers, ministers and nuns, baby sitters and teachers, and homosexuals−both male and female. Beyond that, there are nuances to weigh. Should a card be heavily embossed, or wear what the card companies refer to as "flitter" (a grainy sparkle) or "flock" (a fuzzy felt)? And which is most appropriate: TO MY DOCTOR, TO A FINE DOCTOR, Or TO A WONDERFUL DOCTOR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: IN (FAINT) PRAISE OF CHRISTMAS CARDS | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

...also say that Ryan O'Neal gives the character of the neon scion a warmth and vulnerability entirely missing from the bestseller. His part is chock-full of negative benefits. He does not have to parrot book lines like: "Paine Hall? (Ironic goddamn name!)" Or refer to himself in SJ. Perelmanese as "Yours truly: Law Review, All-Ivy, Harvard. Hordes of people were fighting to get my name and numeral onto their stationery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Love Bug | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

...knows an old penny; from the Indian side and the In God We Trust side. He first appears as a boy whose family has been massacred by redskins. The Cheyennes who carry him off seem a mere mob to begin with, but they soon separate into individuals who refer to one another (in English translation) as "Human Beings." The boy becomes an adopted brave, Little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Red and the White | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

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