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...aisles. From the podium, a man in a clown suit complained that the conference was interfering with Carnival, West Germany's annual spasm of pre-Lenten revelry. A delegate suggested that male candidates for the European Parliament in Strasbourg, whose nomination was the purpose of the meeting, should "undress and present themselves in the nude because the human body reveals political attitudes." Keynote Speaker Antje Vollmer railed against the "industrialized nature-destroying internationalism of neocolonialist nation states." Finally, the proceedings were disrupted by a gang of youths in punk hairdos, who stormed the platform and beat up a photographer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Tossed Salad | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

...excessively prudish, they are firmly rooted in the Victorian age. Too much flesh and physical contact--whether sexual or violent--clashes with the authors' original intentions. Consequently, the interactions between the King's eldest daughter Princess Zara and the English soldier Captain Fitzbattleaxe are overly expressive. Her attempts to undress the captain would have seemed highly inappropriate to a period audience, and are still jarring today. In particular, the violent dispute between Scaphio and Phantis, the king's two advisors, disrupts the delicate balance between external decorum and internal expression...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: A Limited Utopia | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...pick me up and undress...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Growing Up | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...uproar in Munich over undress in a public place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Barefoot - and More - in the Park | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

...jungle lord's reputation, the Burroughs estate went to court. Last week in Manhattan, Federal Judge Henry Werker previewed the film and re-viewed two earlier MGM versions of Burroughs' first Tarzan novel. His "suggestion": that MGM cut four sequences displaying Bo in various stages of undress. According to John Derek. Werker took the last three reels of the print into a Manhattan editing room and indicated with a grease pencil which scenes should be removed. MGM has agreed to the cuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Tarzan Goes to Court | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

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