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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...buttoned-down style and unflappable calm could make him seem dull, but he works with express-train speed and almost never lets an interview become repetitive. He thinks faster and more subtly than most other television reporters, yet always does his homework and never seems to be using his wit just to score points. Well versed in the details and jargon of Washington, he nonetheless talks about ideas in layman's terms; he often says that one must not overestimate the audience's specific knowledge or underestimate its intelligence. His most difficult feat is avoiding the twin pitfalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: As Hot as He Is Cool | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

Benjamin Rosen, 50, a major investor in Lotus Development and chairman of Compaq Computer. Sophisticated and possessing a soft-spoken wit, Rosen earned electrical-engineering degrees from the California Institute of Technology and Stanford and worked first for Raytheon as an engineer. While still in his 20s, he decided to become a stock analyst. He picked up an M.B.A. degree, worked for Coleman & Co., a New York securities firm, and then for Morgan Stanley & Co. and began publishing a highly regarded electronics-industry newsletter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Mint Overnight | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...separate - and slightly differing - accounts of Balang and Regalado departed dramatically from the official description. According to both versions, Galman never got within pointblank range behind Aquino as military wit nesses had claimed. Moreover, Galman had not been pushed off balance by one of Aquino's escorts and then shot - rather, he "was knocked down by a bullet as he held a gun with two hands over his head." Though the TV report was not aired in the Philippines, and is not admissible as official testimony, it received coverage in Manila newspapers. Lawyers acting on behalf of the AVSECOM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Stepping Out of the Shadows | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...Chill. Seven survivors of the '60s meet for a weekend to find a little warmth in the not so simple '80s. Aided by a resourceful cast, Writer-Director Lawrence Kasdan revives some old-fashioned movie virtues: grace, wit, subtlety, style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: THE BEST OF 1983: Cinema | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

Writer-Director Joel Schumacher attempts to make up in bustle what his movie lacks in wit, character, coherence. He also takes an unseemly pleasure in glorifying vigilante vengeance. Even that deadly serious one-man jury, Dirty Harry, is more amusing than this ramshackle vehicle, which ends up totaling itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Santa's Mixed Bag of Celluloid | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

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