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These characters are, alas, entirely typical of Director Walter Murch's gloomily recharted Oz. Even Billina, the feathered critic manque, is part of the problem. She is a substitute for Toto, Dorothy's beloved dog, unaccountably left behind this trip. But though she can talk, she has less animation, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Some Sideshows of Summer | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

Although the Navy called Weinberger's removal of officers before an investigation extraordinary, the Defense Secretary said this kind of reprimand would become "standard" for such excesses. A spokesman for Grumman Aerospace Corp., the defense contractor that made the ashtrays for the E-2C surveillance aircraft it also manufactures, explained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military: Money to Burn | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

The economists were wary of proposals for a minimum tax on companies and individuals. Such plans have broad appeal but, the board warned, are no substitute for ending tax breaks. Heller argued that the revenue produced by a minimum tax could lull Congress into granting special interests new tax concessions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Cheers for Reagan's Plan | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

Meanwhile, policymakers in Tokyo outraged the Reagan Administration and Congress by what seemed at first to be an effort to please them. The source of the tension: an announcement that the Japanese would retain quotas on the number of cars exported to the U.S. That move deeply disturbed the White...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pressure From Abroad | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

Many Ohioans, though, remain angry and bewildered. "I'm very damn mad and very upset," said Hugh Butterfield, a Centerville retiree who appeared on the Donahue TV show last week. "You work all your life, and then something like this happens." While most depositors will eventually have access to their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting a Stop to a Stampede | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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