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...Indian Cabinet minister told Parliament last week that the corporation's current offer was "ridiculously low." One government source privately suggests that the "ridiculous" proposal was $500 million over 30 years and that the settlement talks would not get serious unless $1 billion were offered over a much shorter period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Kings of Catastrophe | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...EXTENSIVE 20-MEMBER CAST features everything from the unusual to the bizarre to the spectacular. A foot and a half shorter and 50 pounds lighter than her Trojan cohorts, Maja Hellmond's first appearance on stage as Hector is disconcerting to an audience accustomed to some Homeric vision of the Greek hero. Although Hellmond does a good job of trying to make the audience forget that she is a girl, the physical constraints of the role complicate her portrayal. Battling with Bradford, Hellmond manages to throw him over her shoulders only with a great deal of assistance from her costar...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Shakespeare Straight & Tragic | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

...Admiral Lord Hill-Norton writes: "I am excited to think that one corner of a Kenish field is slowly defended. I have a Roger feel that this would usefully thicken up your defenses. If you are not accustomed to their use you can quites suddenly become about nine inches shorter, usually in the non- master...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Defending the Hearth | 4/17/1985 | See Source »

...their first performance is any indicator, the lightweights have a much shorter road ahead of them...

Author: By John Zilcosky, | Title: Radcliffe Lights Cruise in Opener, Princeton Destroys Heavyweights | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...According to Olive's of 302 Newbury Street in Boston a stion specializing in styles for Black people. Black people men are favoring body wave perms and are favoring body wave perms and are shaving close to the scalp-as close as a quarter inch. Younger men request shorter sides and a flat...

Author: By Andrea Shen, | Title: What's New in Hair | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

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