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The man in charge of the detonation attempt, the first of its kind in Italy, was Rolf Lennart Abersten, 46, a Swedish engineer who has worked in Milan as an explosives specialist for the past eleven years. The temperature of lava sometimes reaches some 1800° F; to prevent the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Challenging Mount Etna's Power | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

The use of the theater as a stage proves doubly successful in underlining another theme of the play: The difficulty or absence of communication between men and women. Not only does the size of the theater dwarf and separate the characters (Rauch, however, uses the space very evenly), but the...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Flying High | 5/6/1983 | See Source »

The dealer picked up a gun, cocked it and placed the barrel against Jay Tarver's temple. "If you don't do this," the dealer said, nodding toward four neat rows of cocaine gleaming on a round mirror, "I'll kill you." So Tarver, an undercover narcotics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Used What I Wanted | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

Other segments demonstrate the highly developed technique of the gross-out, featuring copious vomit, blood, genitals, and disembodied organs ("Can we have your liver, then?") They mesh oddly with the more detached, sardonic skits which are this film's major departure from previous technique. The knack for inspired nonsense remains...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Fishing for an Answer | 4/7/1983 | See Source »

So what is it he does in that mysterious classroom when the thick wood door shuts behind him and the rows of too young faces turn and rise Like heliotropic plants, eager for a sign? "Today we consider Kafka." Is that in fact what "we" are considering today? Or are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Odd Pursuit of Teaching Books | 3/28/1983 | See Source »

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