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...among the most gifted writers of their time. Artist Max Ernst made surrealism accessible to a generation. The architects-in-exile of the Bauhaus, led by Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe, changed the face of the American city. Middle European Physicists Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe and Edward Teller became the ambivalent stepfathers of the atomic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Testimony of the Shipwrecked | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

Despite the record-industry turnaround, no one expects an early return to the boom of five years ago. Says Al Teller, general manager of Columbia Records: "We're a mature industry. The huge growth of the '60s and '70s is not on the horizon." One reason is that baby boomers, who bought many more records than their parents, are now getting into their 30s and buying fewer records. But music executives do not want to think about those sour trends. For now, they want to sit back and listen to the sweet music those megahits are making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Discs Click with TV Flicks | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...their phones some time, and the result is a film now being shot in New York City that borrows heavily from the 1978 thriller The Silent Partner. In this movie, which doesn't even have a title yet-how about Greed 2?-Newton-John plays a bank teller, and Travolta is a two-bit robber who uses blond tresses as a disguise. "You have to work yourself into it," says Travolta, "but I like myself as a blond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 23, 1983 | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...money-market deposits, credit cards and stock transactions into a single financial pot. But consumers must be prepared to pay annual fees of up to $100 for the new accounts, and personal treatment may become a thing of the past as financial institutions automate services previously done by a teller or a clerk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scrambling for New Customers | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

After market studies showed consumers would be willing to pay higher fees for East and simple bank transactions, Citibank created different levels of service, depending on the bank balance. For instance, a customer with $25,000 on deposit is guaranteed an express teller line with no more than a two-minute wait; $10,000 yields a slower teller line with a five-minute limit. The bank is now testing a program where customers with less than $5,000 in their accounts cannot see a teller to make deposits and withdrawals. Instead, they will have to queue up at an electronic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scrambling for New Customers | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

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