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Meanwhile, over at Kensington Palace in London, Prince William, who went through all that two years ago this week, took a pre-birthday turn for reporters. He displayed his mastery of "Daddy," "ball," "ant" and "tractor." Headlined the Sun: WILLIE GOES TALKIES...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 25, 1984 | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

...aware of the country's straitened circumstances in the wake of the 1982 military clampdown, the groups wanted to assure a dignified and well-prepared Olympic showing for Polish athletes. Polish Olympic Committee Chairman Marian Renke, said a friend, was so disappointed that he looked "as if a tractor had run over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nyet Again | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

...stepped from the bus to examine the hull of the bank's burnt-out structure, which peasant and student volunteers were reconstructing. An International Harvester tractor rusted beside several new Russian counterparts. An elder bystander complained to me that he preferred the U.S. machine, but that Ronald Reagan blocks their import. I could not help but wonder how laid-off International Harvester workers in Rock Island. Illinois or Fort Wayne, Indiana would react if they were aware of this wasted opportunity...

Author: By Philip W.D. Morten, | Title: The Road to Pantasma | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...play's final image, Beatrice being tortured on a giant wheel to atone for her father's murder, amidst a clutter of bicycle wheels and tractor tires, lives up to the spirit set in the earlier scenes. Director McCreery, who expressed some concern that audiences might see the play merely as an exercise in ridiculousness, need not worry. Artaud wrote occasionally about the similarity between all strong emotional reactions, and he would certainly understand the thin line between dark laughter and somber rapture. The Mather House production spans the line with ease. At the very least, The Cenci...

Author: By Cecil D. Quillen, | Title: Delightfully Absurd | 4/27/1984 | See Source »

...Agriculture John Block's 3,000-acre farm, Mitterrand donned rubber boots, a farmer's cap and a sky-blue jacket with MR. PRESIDENT stitched over the heart. He and Block disagreed about American exports undercutting European Community farmers, but Mitterrand lightened the mood by driving a tractor and cuddling a piglet with black-and-white markings. Said he: "Our pigs tend to be bigger and pink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: J'Aime le Peuple Americain: Francois Mitterand | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

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