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...Kung Fu as the ascetic Shaolin priest who only used his prodigious powers in self-defense. But David Carradine, 41, is now trying to block the release of his latest martial-arts movie, Lone Wolf, with a well-aimed legal kick to its producers' fiscal throat. Carradine agreed to play the heavy in the film on condition that 1) he would not kill the woman, in this case sultry, almond-eyed Barbara Carrera; 2) he would not die; and 3) he would not get licked in hand-to-hand combat with the film's "good guy," the bearded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 11, 1982 | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

Casual acts of murder were still taking place as the roundup progressed. One man, who had hid in a partly bombed building, later related how he had peered through a small shrapnel hole while militiamen barged into a small shop across the street. The gunmen cut the throat of the proprietor, who was hiding inside, and then guzzled a bottle of whisky. At Gaza Hospital the staff of 22 doctors and nurses, mostly Europeans, were rounded up and marched away. As the medics passed a group of lounging militiamen, a Palestinian male nurse was pulled out of the group, taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: God - Oh, My God! | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...After class, I would go home and release the pent-up frustration of unrequited love with my stereo. One track in particular spun over and over again on the turntable: "Bargain" by The Who. As the music blasted forth, I would listen to Roger Daltrey and pretend his golden throat was mine. In my dream, the brown-eyed girl would sit entranced while I half sang, half shouted Pete Townshend's lyrics: "I'd pay any price just to win you, Surrender my good life for bad, To find you, I'd suffer anything and be glad, I call that...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: A Triumphant Return | 10/2/1982 | See Source »

...instance, let's say that scientists have discovered a startling new source of low-calorie roughage. In a report to the Great Neck Ear, Eye and Throat Consortium, Drs. Hugo and Margot Frodo explained "Ground glass provides the gritty texture crucial to a person's roughage intake. Consumed in bulk, we predict that glass will improve regularity without fear of cholesterol accumulation...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Stan the Man | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

...five cards, his directory of probabilities and statistics. "I'm so tired of making decisions. I'm really looking forward to going home with nothing on my mind, never having to worry about some quote I might have said wrong, or some writer or player cutting my throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: From Raspberries to Tomatoes | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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