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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Berry Farm, lies "Religionland." Or so detractors of Television Evangelist Robert Schuller, 56, have dubbed his $18 million headquarters. 'For the past two years, the "Crystal Cathedral" has been offering such secular, profit-making fare as weight-reduction classes and counseling programs, plus concerts by Lawrence Welk and Victor Borge. State tax authorities would now like to pass their collection plate. "They even had a Ticketron there," says a local tax investigator. "The first time I saw it, I thought: 'You mean you have to buy a ticket to go to church?' " Schuller's cathedral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 7, 1983 | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...events familiar from the history books fly by: the fall of France, the Battle of Britain, the German attack on the Soviet Union and, finally, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Wouk, who wrote the screenplay from his 885-page novel, ingeniously invented a witness to these dramatic events, Victor ("Pug") Henry, a commander (later captain) in the U.S. Navy. Sent to Berlin as the American naval attache in the spring of 1939, Henry, played by Robert Mitchum, meets all the top Nazi leaders. Through his prescience, with just a little help from the author's hindsight, Henry alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $40 Million Gamble: ABC goes all out on its epic The Winds of War | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

Asked whether she would have been a more appropriate choice for Man of the Year, in light of her role as a male impersonator in "Victor Victoria," she said. "I've done a little research about the Hasty Pudding, and I gather I'll be in good company...

Author: By Michael W. Millkr, | Title: Pudding Taps Spielberg and Julie Andrews | 2/2/1983 | See Source »

Both papers believe that they are locked in a struggle for nothing less than survival. Moreover, says Free Press Executive Editor David Lawrence, 40, "the victor would be highly profitable." As a result, the News and the Free Press raid each other's staffs, scoff at or steal each other's stories, even copy each other's promotional gimmicks. When the Free Press started handing out copies to breakfasters at McDonald's, the News arranged a giveaway deal with Burger Chef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Bitter Showdown in Motown | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

...Victor Orozco Briggs, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 10, 1983 | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

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