Word: start
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Students will watch someone pull a U-Haul up to the back of a house and start loading furniture, and they won't think anything of it," he added...
...very funny stoning scene would stir the yarmulke off the most orthodox Jew's head. More telling is a five-minute satire of the entire history of the early Christian church. Having chosen Brian as the true messiah at a sort of marketplace for prophets, several followers start interpreting his actions. Within minutes they have split into different sects, unable to agree why Brian has left a sandal behind. It's an extremely funny microcosmic version of the revisionism and distortion that twists the words and deeds of any cult leader...
Larsen was an enthusiast, with a superb improvisational talent, what he called "the amateur spirit." He defined it as the "sense of wonder, adventure and fun" that animated TIME from the start. He was endlessly accessible-the unphoniest man I ever met," recalls PEOPLE Magazine Publisher Richard Durrell. He liked and admired those who came to work for TIME; he treated them to an abundance of his intelligent attention and personal warmth. He was also an exceptionally alert recruiter of new talent. Remembers Heiskell: "He was terribly proud of bringing up people, making them into something." Among his discoveries were...
...pronounces himself fit but "rather overweight." Then he flies off to London for recording sessions, leaving his family to readjust after a period of revolving solely around him. He calls Adua later to see how things are going. "Wonderful," she sighs wearily. "The girls and I are about to start our vacation...
...potential high cost. In the end, the union accepted the company's counteroffer to make periodic increases to help protect pensioners against rising prices. During the next three years, workers under 62 who retire after 30 years on the job will get $800 a month to start. Then they will get two in creases in the first year and further boosts in the second and third year. At the end of the contract these retired workers could be receiving as much as $935, or 33.5% more than the present pension level. Pensioners already retired would also get raises, depending...