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...There is venom in the voice now, and Michael again talks about the threat--the government is out to get him and other Bible-believing right-wingers; it has usurped far too much power (through welfare programs, the post office network, public school systems) and wants to "legislate me out of existence...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: The Vocal Minority: Saving the Government | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...outrageous of Belgrader's devices, with a pouting, resonant voice that undoubtedly reminded more than one member of the audience of Tony Randall. Bored, not spiteful, puzzled rather than offended by the folly around him, he delivers the set-piece "seven ages of man" speech with weltschmertz instead of venom...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Some Aversions to Pastoral | 9/17/1980 | See Source »

Even Scottish Laborite M.P. Willie Hamilton, who has made a career of being the scourge of all royals, great and small, fell under her spell. "For a fleeting moment my hatchet is buried, my venom dissipated," confessed the man who has called the royal family "goldplated scroungers." The zealous antimonarchist explained his truce by marveling at the Queen Mother's ability to combine "a love of the countryside, a passion for horses and dogs, an enthusiasm for angling -and, so it is said, a wholesome taste for a wee dram of her native Scotland's national beverage-harmless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Romp and Circumstance | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...woman stupid enough to marry J.R. had to have a lot of things wrong with her. I have always acted with my eyes, so when it came time for closeups of each family member, I thought, 'I'm going to give them a look to kill.' Venom came out. When they saw the closeups, a phone call came, saying, 'Do something with that part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Dallas: Whodunit? | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

Without his self-lacerating venom, Jimmy Porter (Malcolm McDowell) would be an intolerable bully. As it is, he humiliates his upper-class wife Alison (Lisa Banes), who hides behind a stiff upper lip and an ironing board. He hectors his live-in friend Cliff (Raymond Hardie), with whom he has some sort of male-bonding kinship. And he browbeats his actress mistress Helena (Fran Brill), who moves in when Alison leaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Battle Royal of the Sex Wars | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

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