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Phillips maintains, however, that the Reagan coalition is inherently unstable. The Sun Belt salesmen, Bible-thumping moralists, Wall Street bankers, neo-conservatives, and disgruntled industrial workers who voted for Reagan in 1980 did so for radically different reasons. To each, Reagan symbolized a different restorationist vision. Because the Reagan romp mobilized so many diverse constituencies--but will fail to satisfy and of them--Phillips foresees its eventual splintering, and a subsequent "dealignment" of American politics and political parties. His only hope for a way out of such a deadlock is for reforms in the political system itself. He believes that...

Author: By Chuck Lane, | Title: Visions of America's Future | 8/6/1982 | See Source »

...Royal Opera House and the Teatro Comunale in Florence-was entirely under Giulini's supervision, from the selection of the singers to the sets and costumes. In Giulini's hands, the final masterpiece of Verdi's old age emerged not as a simple, sometimes cruel romp, but a wise, humanistic view of life's pleasures and follies. Brimming with a youthful freshness and ardor, the seamless music of Falstaff could have been written only by a man well versed in the ways of the world. Giulini's interpretation went straight to the heart of this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Fresh Falstaff in Los Angeles | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

...what she called "probably the best match I've played in a really long time." All of her passing shots fell just inside the line, and her opponent, Carolyn Sugar, was left staring at the spots where the ball landed Evans zipped to a 6-0, 6-1 romp...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Netwomen Subdue Brown, 6-3; Injuries Threaten Ivy Hopes | 4/22/1982 | See Source »

...Harvard's 19-6 romp yesterday is any indication, the Wheaton softball team has very few lexicographers on its roster--and even fever clutch hitters...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Softballers Outplay Wheaton, 19-6; Jakovic and Romero Toss Four-Hitter | 4/21/1982 | See Source »

...even recruited Desmond Morris (The Naked Ape) to devise appropriate gestures for the actors, and Anthony Burgess (Language Made Plain) to create primitive dialects, all heavy on the grunts and gutturals. But jokes will come, especially since Quest for Fire emerges less than a year after Caveman, a goofy romp through prehistory that managed to supply the punch lines to many of Quest's earnest questions. Annaud (who won a 1978 Oscar for Black and White in Color) and Screenwriter Gérard Brach have also overtaxed the audience's credulity by dropping virtually every advance of paleolithic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two Sticks | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

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