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...corner of the room carried speeches from the House floor, he talked about the rising criticism of his leadership. "It hurts," he said, putting his sinewy hands on his knees. "It hurts a lot." Then he leaned forward in his chair, his massive head thrust out. "Wait till Middle America realizes what's happened with these budget cuts," he said. His deep voice filled the room. "Am I going to get some Republican scalps down the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tip O' Neill on the Ropes | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

...make his decision every second of the 66 days: around him men ate three times a day, and before long the food at Long Kesh prison must have looked like the sturdiest pub fare. Bobby Sands said no, said it every day, while his body ate itself, till he went from 155 pounds to less than 80. Those who saw his body, and there were thousands who filed through the parlor of his project home, said two Bobby Sands could have fit in the coffin, that his face, what face was left, was yellow wax, stretched tight over sharp bone...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Empire Strikes | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

Jungle of Cities gestates the propositions that later became Brecht's babies. Mammon is God. Men and women buy, sell and devour one another, and freedom and free will are mocking mirages. The bleak isolation of existence governs all: "If you stuff a ship with human bodies till it bursts, there will still be such loneliness in it that one and all will freeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Swamp Rats | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

...gala at the Metropolitan Opera House last week celebrated the opening of the A.B.T.'s New York season, but it stunned the faithful. Where was the Don Quixote fan dance, the castanets number, the latest Russian, the Japanese ballerina who can hold a pose on point till intermission? Their places were taken by regular members of the company, and fewer than half the top box office names even performed. There were just four dances on the program and no encores. Until Twyla Tharp's roof-raising Push Comes to Shove, the audience seemed in shock. They were learning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Baryshnikov Remodels the A.B.T. | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

...over till it's over," Yogi Berra once remarked of baseball games. And this one isn't over yet. After 8 hr. 7 min. and 32 innings, the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League's Class AAA set the record for the longest game in the history of organized baseball, in both innings played and time elapsed. Suspended at 4:07 Easter Sunday morning with the score tied 2-2, the game will resume June 23. Of the original crowd of 1,740 fans only 47 were still on hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Longest Game | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

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