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But the quick-witted Lane had a suggestion. Said he: "Charles and I will write the history of what you guys believed in." The gunmen paused. Then one said, "Fine." The ready-to-die cultists hugged both lawyers. Lane had another apt thought. "Is there any way out?" he asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightmare in Jonestown | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

The huge set pieces come off a bit better, especially so in the case of a tumultuous fight scene that parallels the climax of Rocky. But it is really around its fringes that Paradise Alley becomes interesting. Kevin Conway, as a James Cagney-inspired hood, brings savage, roughhouse wit to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hard Times | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Summer of My German Soldier (Oct. 30, NBC, 9 p.m. E.D.T.). Television's most gifted young actress, Kristy McNichol of Family, is sadly wasted in this glossy but dim-witted adaptation of a favorite junior high school book. Summer is ostensibly about a small-town Jewish girl in Georgia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: One Hit, Two Misses | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

But could the animals communicate directly on the console without human participation? To find out, the scientists separated the chimps by a transparent barrier with a small opening in it. Only one chimp was given food, but the other chimp could see the varied delicacies. Spontaneously, without any prodding by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Chimp to Chimp | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

Geoffrey Shovelton, a relative newcomer to the Company, and John Ayldon, who joined more than a decade ago, could hardly be better as the two earls engaged to the same girl. Shovelton has a lovely unforced tenor voice, and Ayldon's baritone beautifully belts out "When Britain Really Ruled," a...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Peers Without Peers and Dracula | 8/11/1978 | See Source »

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