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Take for example the second scene of the play. Prum, you will recall, has just been blasted from his claustrophobic little living room; he next happens upon a cardboard reconstruction of Manhattan, skyscrapers, tiny airplanes and all. The scene is lit breathtakingly by Alyson Denny with an entire constellation of...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: A Feast for All | 11/16/1985 | See Source »

The strength of the quake set skyscrapers to swaying as far north as Houston, 1,100 miles from the epicenter. A 2-ft. tidal wave rolled ashore on the coast of El Salvador, more than 800 miles to the southeast. Hawaii, 3,500 miles west of the quake in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Noise Like Thunder | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

It has ever been thus, for American cinema is truly an immigrant art form, made by immigrants for immigrants. From the beginning, each group of outsiders -- the ones behind the scenes and the ones gazing at the screen -- fed each other's good fortune. The audience made the filmmakers rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Magic Shadows From a Melting Pot for New Americans, the Movies Offered the Ticket for Assimilation | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

Pushing campus borders well beyond the gates of Harvard Yard, Pusey and his Architects Collaborative abandoned the traditional Georgian Revival style--so closely associated with red-brick Harvard--and opted for more modern. Internationally flavored architecture Harvard also began to commission nationally, acclaimed architects to design the University's very...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Area Has New Look | 6/4/1985 | See Source »

Scientists are already queuing up with their pet projects. University of Pennsylvania Economist Lawrence Klein wants supercomputer time to build a comprehensive model of the world economy. At the University of Illinois, Meteorologist Robert Wilhelmson hopes to simulate the birth of a tornado. Hidenori Murakami, a structural engineer at UCSD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Matriculating At Supercomputer U | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

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