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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emerges from his endless version of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles with a sense that one could have read the book in a shorter span and had more fun too. There is no question that Polanski's images-with Brittany doubling for "Wessex"-are frequently striking. He does less well by Tess, the poor doomed girl who, forced to rise above her station by family ambition, is ruined by a rascally wastrel and then misunderstood by the prig to whom she gives her heart. Everyone the director sets to moving through Wessex clumps along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Atonement | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

...ruling has stirred up plenty of passion in London's tabloids. Wrote Marje Proops of the Daily Mirror: "Since each individual is unique I don't see how any judge can put a time span on love." Added Alix Palmer of the Daily Star: "It is a question which preys on the minds of a great many people, both male and female, married and single. It is very far from being just a giggle, although that is often the best attitude to take if the mathematics don't go your way." Daily Star readers, invited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Weekly Ration | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

...offense responded nicely, scoring eight points in that span, bringing the team to within...

Author: By Howard N. Mead and Charles W. Slack, S | Title: Women Cagers Fall to Bentley, 78-61; Judge, Holpuch Provide Bright Spots | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

Most memorably, they battled at Boston Garden in a trilogy of Beanpot excitement. On Valentine's Day, 1977, Hughes--then a freshman--helped Harvard upset the Terriers after seven consecutive losses over a three-year span with a game-tying goal. On March 2, 1978, Craig kicked away 29 shots in a 7-1 laugher. And on February 5, 1979, the two met for the last time, B.U. bringing home a 4-2 victory on the way to its 11th Beanpot title...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: About Big-Timer Hughes and Blue-Line Blues | 11/25/1980 | See Source »

...best images yet of that strange and wondrous world, a far-off realm in the solar system never before glimpsed with such glittering clarity. Said one scientist watching the incoming tide of images: "We have learned more about the Saturn system in the past week than in the entire span of recorded history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Visit to a Large Planet | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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