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In addition to scenes from the operas such as The Magic Flute and Abduction from the Sevaglio--reproduced in pain-staking detail in Czechoslovakia -- soundtracks of Mozart's many shorter works play throughout the film. Greater emphasis falls--upon the forces that shaped Mozart's work: the adoring but somewhat...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: God's Music From an Obscene Child | 9/22/1984 | See Source »

Should the U.S. now dominate the Games for the first time since 1968, some collective credibility will be tempered, but the individual gains should be as rich as ever. In addition to Carl Lewis, America certainly has an Olympian abundance:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Star-Spangled Home Team | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

In the end, the strike was settled not by artful negotiation but by an eruption of hot-tempered fury. As the walkout by Britain's 17,700 dock workers dragged into its second week, the truck drivers stuck at the port of Dover grew surlier. By late last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: A Long Summer of Discontent | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

By turns clever, dominating, quick-tempered and stubborn, British Industrialist Sir James Goldsmith, 51, rarely fails to excite speculation over his next takeover target. Last week the balding, staccato-voiced conglomerateur offered Continental Group, a company that had 1983 revenues of $5 billion from products that range from tin cans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Takeovers: Sir Jimmy's $2 Billion Move | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

The managing director today remains very much the inspecteur. Quick-tempered, he dresses down ineffectual staffers during conferences. Says a foreign finance official: "When he is with three or four aides, he does 95% of the talking."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turbulent Times for the IMF | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

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