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There are several explanations for France's movie mania. The simplest is the deplorable state of French television, which is vastly inferior to that in neighboring countries. "People are fleeing their homes in search of entertainment," says Daniel Toscan du Plantier, president of Gaumont, the country's biggest film conglomerate. "Everyone knows that our television is the most boring in the world. The Socialist government has programmed intellectual talk shows for Saturday night at 8:30. Even Socialist countries in Eastern Europe wouldn't dream of doing that. There would be riots in the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: What's at the Paris Bijou? | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

Several of the economists, including Heller and Eckstein, argued that the simplest and surest way to spur recovery would be to move up the 10% tax cut from July 1 to Jan. 1. President Reagan supported such a strategy briefly but then abandoned it because it was unpopular in Congress. The main drawback to accelerating the tax cut is that it would swell the already bloated federal budget deficit. The financial markets are gravely concerned that the flow of red ink will cause inflation to speed up again, and this anxiety, more than anything else, has been responsible for keeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Elusive Recovery | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

...Allegheny General Hospital, a tube in his throat and a machine pumping air down his trachea. Rob had lost the use of his arms and legs, and his lungs were paralyzed as well. The doctors said that he would spend his life on his back, unable to perform the simplest tasks. But as his oldest brother, Gary, 27, recalls it, "Robbie never accepted .that he'd be in a wheelchair forever. And neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Power to the Disabled | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

TEMPEST IS BEST in its simplest moments. Cinematographer Don McAlpine's opening shots of the stark geography of Phillip's island do more than just stir a feeling of wonder--they wrench it from deep down inside, ably abetted by Stomu Yamashita's eerie, haunting score, Miranda (Molly Ringwald) and Aretha provide welcome lightness with their a capella renditions of the pop tune. "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?," a protest of the harsh conditions of their voluntary captivity. As the island's actual inhabitant. Raul Julia as Kalibanos is a nearly perfect primitive, adoring his goats and his Sony...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: In a Teapot | 9/29/1982 | See Source »

...Massachusetts legislature has demonstrated, the only way to handle the issue in a referendum is to reduce it to its simplest form. In approving the referendum citizens of the Commonwealth will tell the President, they oppose nuclear war. Period...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: A Frostbitten Referendum | 9/25/1982 | See Source »

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