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Beyond the fact that much less communication is handwritten now than it was in the days of the quill pen, experts point to several causes of scriptural sloppiness. Some blame a spreading weakness of will. Says Sam Toombs, a Houston psychologist: "Bad handwriting is a way of saying something and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Nowadays, Writing Is off the Wall | 1/28/1980 | See Source »

Mastroianni is one of the few actors who can play weakness and retain an audience's sympathy, mostly because of his ability to make sweet-tempered comedic comments on male vulnerability. Kinski is simply ravishing, genuinely sexy and high-spirited without being painfully aggressive about it. The result is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bedrock Taboo | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

Dimly lit, tunnel-like passageways provide a transition between the bright public areas and the theaters and their mysteries. The only real weakness in the Bonfils design is that it bears no relationship at all to its two-year-old neighbor, the brick-walled Boettcher Concert Hall, designed by Hardy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: A New Theater in the Rockies | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

With the Soviet tanks rolling across Afghanistan, Carter's Republican foes eagerly ripped into the President's handling of U.S.-Soviet policy. "It's time to take the gloves off," declared Bill Brock, the Republican National Chairman. "Mr. Carter's policy of patience is a policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Death of a Moratorium | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

"I played pretty well, I guess. I played a freshman who was nervous and inexperienced. She was slow moving side to side, so I just played on her weakness," explained McGlade.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Raquetwomen Win Again, Continue Unbeaten Streak | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

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