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...would seem to promise, if not quite the "very different love story" described by the director, at least an effervescent romp in the style of Arthur. Unfortunately, neither Moore's broguish charm nor Steenburgen's poignant spaciness can save Romantic Comedy from its writer and director. Rather, the actors' valiant attempts to save the show make it all the more perturbing to watch. Observing cast members with their flies inadvertently unzipped for an hour and a half would, in fact, provide a comparable level of both romance and comedy...

Author: By Hanne-maria Maijala, | Title: XYZ, PDQ | 10/13/1983 | See Source »

...Conner declared, "God works on Tuesdays." Bertrand admitted his error in losing the start: "It was a mistake on my part. One mistake is all it takes." Owner Bond, crushed by the defeat and with his back to a 3-1 wall, reminded a press conference of the valiant way Australian troops fought at Gallipoli in World War I (and lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Best Cup Challenge Ever | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

Young men today are turning to hazardous life-endangering sports such as hang-gliding and mountain climbing as a substitute for the wars of the Middle Ages, which perpetually fulfilled the male need to tempt fate. President Reagan should be applauded for his valiant and obsessive efforts to save the lives of these misguided daredevils by taking them out of their mountain-climbing boots and trying to put them back into combat boots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 19, 1983 | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...eyes of most of the world, a justified response to Argentine piracy. Britain regained, for a moment, its sense of power and purpose. But the victory will forever be measured in Britain against the estimated $1.2 billion cost of the war and the blood of 255 valiant Britons who never came home. For them, Hastings and Jenkins have constructed a poignant memorial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pluck and Luck | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

...also see, as an unexpected bonus, what a good painting American Gothic was. Major clichés become invisible after a while, and Curator Corn has made a valiant effort to strip the accretions from this one. She has included a hilarious collection of cartoons and ads based on American Gothic-an inspired piece of contextual criticism. Far from being a lampoon of conservative Midwestern farmers and their wives, American Gothic is, as she points out, "not about farmers, not about a married couple, and not a satire." Thirty-two years' difference in age lay between its models, Wood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Scooting Back to Anamosa | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

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