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Marichal says that the freedom given to Spain's historically fractious provinces is largely due to faith in this "singular function of the crown...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: A King for Democracy | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...heart here. Laughing Stock's other short plays are slighter: an anecdote about death and telephones and a shaggy-dog story about an old woman's discovery that her 70-year marriage was founded on a sly joke. But they too are marked by Linney's singular talent for stating wild ideas with high, simplifying intelligence and for drawing deft portraits of the half mad in which not a line is misplaced or wasted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Genius, Menace and Chicanery | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

...blue siren suit stood Winston Churchill, looking smaller than life. He wordlessly gave his benediction to the White House aides by raising his arm and forming the victory sign with his chubby fingers. The door closed as suddenly as it opened. For Hopkins, now 73, it was a singular frame in his own remarkable march of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: At the Elbow of Power | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...much for expectations. Candice Bergen's account of her first 38 years not only is handwritten, it is one of the better books of the season so far: a shrewd, funny, loving and sometimes appalling account of how it felt to grow up in a family that was singular even in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Charlie's Sister | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

Indeed, Marcos has managed to ride out the turbulence of the past few months with singular and characteristic adroitness. In the wake of Aquino's slaying, more than a million citizens took to the streets of Manila, marching on the President's Malacañang Palace and calling outright for his resignation. But Marcos shrewdly countered their attacks with a string of concessions that were accommodating enough to mute some criticism yet narrow enough to prevent real change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: All the President's Men | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

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