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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says this comparison leads either to a superiority complex or an inferiority complex. The former alienates man from everyone else, because he feels arrogant and insults his fellows. The latter causes feelings of worthlessness and self-hate which manifest themselves in gossip and criticism of others. The temptation to succumb to ego is subtle and deadly, Chitrabhanu emphasizes, likening it to an exam: "You have worked the whole year, and when the exam comes, if you become sick or you become upset or you go to sleep, then the whole year's work is gone. In the same...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanu: On Achieving Omega Consciousness | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...minutes to half an hour. CBS News under Salant also launched the popular TV newsmagazine 60 Minutes, mounted controversial documentaries, and otherwise cultivated an image as the classiest of network news operations. A Harvard-trained lawyer, Salant was initially viewed with suspicion by CBS journalists, who feared he would succumb to commercial pressure from network higher-ups. But he won journalistic respect for his tough, sometimes prickly defense of CBS News against pressure not only from the network's own entertainment-first programmers, but also from White House officials who were outraged over coverage of Watergate and the Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Salant's Jump | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...than three hours), but also emphasizes the play's own inferiority. Kugelmass appears even more withered and yellow when juxtaposed with the other, better shows. Therefore, unless Kugelmass can be sparked with the same humor, vitality and depth as the Shaffer plays, perhaps it would be best left to succumb to another of biology's theories--survival of the fittest. Ear and Eye are excellent, even with some marginal performances, and deserve to be presented alone...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Two's Company, Three's a Crowd | 3/20/1979 | See Source »

...chose Alfred Kahn, a curious cross between the court jester and the court sage, to serve as chairman of his Council on Wage and Price Stability and Adviser to the President. Thus far Kahn has engaged in witty wordplay with his inimitable foe--inflation--and found it doesn't succumb to his funnies as readily as his other, more human audiences. Since the Vietnam war inflation has gained an increasingly prominent position on the roster of the nation's problems--the Consumer Price Index indicates that prices have doubled in the past eleven years. And unless Carter with Kahn...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Blind Faith | 2/1/1979 | See Source »

...characters' behavior to outrageous extremes. Handkerchiefs is a wet dream gone beautifully berserk. The tone is set by the opening scene, in which Depardieu presents Dewaere, a total stranger, as a "gift" to his wife Solange. She remains indifferent to the men's shenanigans, and the men succumb to complete bafflement. They sit by Solange's bedside, aimlessly but poetically speculating about the mysteries that lie within her heart and mind. Only when the heroine falls for a 13-year-old prodigy (Riton) does she finally arouse from her stupor. The boy becomes, by turns, Solange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Frontiers | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

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