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...growing bond between Norma Rae, a hard-assed little cracker and Reuben (Ron Leibman) a New York Jewish labor organizer who comes down to unionize her factory. Refreshingly, their bond stems not from wild, trans-ethnic couplings but from a shared philosophy towards life. Ravetch and Frank use humor, wit and most of all, respect in their screenplay--as a result, their dialogue has a convincing strength about...

Author: By Deirdre M. Donahue, | Title: A Brilliant Rae | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

Exhibiting his dry British wit. Coglin summed up his relationship with Bernal as "We get along swimmingly...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Coglin Takes on All and 'Always Wins' | 3/17/1979 | See Source »

...type that has proved to be dramatically elusive: the New York Jewish intellectual-activist. Such a person is usually the odd man out, an exotic everywhere in America beyond his native streets. Yet frequently he is capable of winning out over prejudice and suspicion with his quick wit and his obvious humanity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Strike Busting | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...novel, Members of the Tribe, and in Simple Justice, documenting the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school segregation, the legal system has been an inspiring force for Richard Kluger. His latest novel, Star Witness, traces the life and crimes of Feminist Lawyer Tabor Hill. A woman with a hair-trigger wit, she could give lessons in politics to Machiavelli. An affair with a judge, a partnership in an exclusive firm, legal aid to the poor-she does it all, and she does it well. So does Kluger, who knows the layout of the corridors of small-city power down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...with a gang," and figures he would be in stir today if he had not beat out 205 other drummers at a Clash audition. Out of the pieces of a shared precarious existence, the Clash has fashioned music of restless anger and hangman's wit, rediscovered and redirected the danger at the heart of all great rock. - Jay Cocks

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Best Gang in Town | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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