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...more inspirational opening. When the blue-robed, silver-haired Rev. Robert Schuller appears, there is no doubt about it: the star has arrived. Schuller stares directly at the camera, slices the air with crisp gestures and modulates his powerful voice from a basso profundo to an ingratiating whisper. His arena, the $18 million Crystal Cathedral (two freeway exits south of Disneyland), is, with its mirrored skin and soaring see-through interior, an extension of Schuller's flamboyant style and eternally sunny message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Apostle of Sunny Thoughts | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

...sure?" Yes, she said, she was sure, and the conversation floated back to more effervescent subjects. When it came time for the two men to go in to lunch, however, Gromyko returned to the central issue. "Well, then," he instructed the President's wife, "you whisper peace in his ear every night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Co-Starring At the White House | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

...will," she replied. "I'll also whisper it in your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Co-Starring At the White House | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

...orbiter's reentrance into the atmosphere is the quivering needle of the G-meter. For days, the needle has been fixed at zero, as if it were painted on the dial. Now it shudders to life and slowly begin to rise. Then there is an unmistakable whisper of rushing air, at first almost too faint to hear, then louder and louder still A faint red glow appears at the edges of the cockpit windows, then spreads across them and seems to curl up over the fuselage ... As it slows and the air no longer supports its raised nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Knocking On Heaven's Gate | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...chorus of owls and frogs makes deep-woods sounds. The two moose shamble off and ... Wait a second. Big Bear has made a grab for Little Bear. Now Big Bear comes on heavy with a lingering hug that bothers Little Bear, who squirms away. The kids in the audience whisper, "Hide! Hide!" But Big Bear finds Little Bear, and this time Big Bear plants a large paw on Little Bear's crotch. Big Bear threatens to spank Little Bear if Little Bear tells. But in wanders Big Moose, who advises Little Bear to tell a grownup-like a teacher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Facing Up to Sex Abuse | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

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