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...grew. Fear spread through the once tranquil community. Children related detailed incidents of sodomy, incest and bestiality. One young girl reported being forced to eat a cat and a pet gerbil, "fur and all." A ten-year-old boy said he was kidnaped and driven to a party where whip-wielding women in see-through clothes forced him into sexual acts with other children and adults that were photographed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disturbing End of a Nightmare | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...same can be said about Ford. Han Solo, that interstellar swashbuckler, is brash and egotistical; Indiana Jones, with his whip and wide-brimmed hat, is a dashing romantic; John Book is, in the end, sensitive and compassionate. All three characters are believably different, but all three are also brothers. All share that quarter-inch, side-of-the-mouth smile that follows a sardonic one-liner, and all are based on the rock-hard actor underneath. "The roles get lost in Harrison," says Carrie Fisher, the Princess Leia of the Star Wars series. "I don't think that there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harrison Ford: Stardom Time for a Bag of Bones | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...vantage point of special interests, a freeze at least preserves programs instead of letting them become targets for extinction. As for fencing in the sacred cow of Social Security, the G.O.P. Senators think the public is ready for a show of fiscal backbone by their representatives. Says Senate Republican Whip Alan Simpson of Wyoming: "There is a greater risk for a politician in 1986 to say 'I couldn't do anything about the deficit' than to say 'I voted for a freeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Hopes, Hard Choices | 1/28/1985 | See Source »

Told to get ready for bed, to clean up their rooms or to perform any other onerous task, small boys around the U.S. nowadays are likely to whip a plastic sword out of their He-Man brand pants and shout, "By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!" The incantation may not overwhelm parents. But when uttered daily on after-school TV by the hero of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, it has proved puissant enough to capture the attention of more little boys than any other television show in America. He-Man power has sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A He-Man for All Seasons | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

...laser guns, or the skull-faced figure of Skeletor, the spirit of evil, driving a circular "assault vehicle" equipped with rotating blades to slash the enemy. Should more conventional arms be needed, a handy Weapons Pak is available containing two miniature plastic pistols, a sword, an ax and a whip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A He-Man for All Seasons | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

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