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...machine. Draft resistance had become a conspicuous form of American political theater. Young men burned their draft cards in front of news cameras, the flames licking around the edges of the cardboard in a poetic echo of the televised flame that licked from a Marine's Zippo lighter to torch a Vietnamese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1968 Like a knife blade, the year severed past from future | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

...Forum that he could work within the conventions as adeptly as anyone. But he perceived, earlier than almost any of his contemporaries, that the old style of musical was dying. That was the message of Follies, a fond but firm farewell to feather boas, torch songs, showstoppers and Busby Berkeley-like production numbers. When a much revamped version opened in London last July, audiences had long since come to share the show's judgment and were able to see it as nostalgic rather than dismissive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stephen Sondheim: Master of the Musical | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

Thousands of people flooded Dhaka's streets last week to mark the first anniversary of President H.M. Ershad's civilian rule -- but hardly in a way he would have liked. To cries of "Torch the throne of Ershad!" an estimated 20,000 demonstrators clashed with police over three days. On Saturday, at least two dozen homemade bombs rocked the capital. Altogether, three civilians and one policeman were killed, scores injured, and 2,000 arrested. The biggest casualty, however, was Bangladesh's meandering course toward democracy. Ershad ordered the arrest of Protest Organizers Begum Khaleda Zia, 43, and Sheik Hasina Wazed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bangladesh: Two Women Against Ershad | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

...Biden: Well then, let the torch pass to a new questioner. Yes, Senator Kennedy...

Author: By Mathew A. Pinsker, | Title: Here Comes the Judge, Again | 11/17/1987 | See Source »

...broad daylight in the urban jungle called New York. The harriers were carrying the Crimson torch through a tough, wooded Van Cortlandt Park course...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Harriers Cut Down in Woods | 11/4/1987 | See Source »

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