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...murders a prostitute. In the epilogue he is seen in his asylum cell, having completed his descent from inexplicable behavior to full-scale madness. Between these two sequences, Peter, his wife Katarina (Christine Buchegger) and various friends and relatives speculate on what must have motivated him to murder a stranger. They reach few firm conclusions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Deadly Dance | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

...days. For an independent "modern" career woman, she seems curiously naive and ill-at-ease with her own sexuality; confused by her attraction to her future step-brother, she invites him to her hotel room for a drink and then awkwardly confesses she "has never made love to a stranger before...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker, | Title: The Vulnerable Career Woman | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

When Presidents themselves talk that way, it is not merely campaign bombast aimed at the hinterlands. Jimmy Carter entered Washington as a stranger, and has never been accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Place to Hate and Love | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

Although Room 13 is not for everyone--one student says she'd be "too embarrassed" to go down to Stoughton basement and reveal her problems to a stranger--every year Room 13 has a few "regulars" who can't seem to get enough of the counseling staff. But Siegelman says the group tries to discourage students who use the service as a substitute friend. "If someone is down here for two or three hours every night we're doing more harm than good...

Author: By William F. Powers, | Title: Room 13: Keeping the Midnight Watch | 11/7/1980 | See Source »

...move quickly to submit a tax program and a revised 1981 budget containing some spending cuts. Another early goal: some attention-getting elimination of Government regulations that affect business. A tyro in foreign affairs, Reagan probably would move more slowly in that sphere. But because he is a suspect stranger in capitals abroad, he would be likely to make some early gestures of reassurance to U.S. allies. One crucial difference between Reagan and most previous Presidents taking office for the first time is that, because of his age, Reagan would start out widely regarded as a one-term Chief Executive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Meet the Real Ronald Reagan | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

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