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...Richard Pryor), a counterfeit beggar (David L. Lander), an inept angel of the Lord (Paul Sand), a show-bizzy Arab (Dom DeLuise) and an ornery young woman (Laraine Newman) who leaves Herschel to tryst with Goliath and is turned into a pillar of salt. Even in A.D. 1980, the wrath of God should not be ignored: for He brought upon this production a plague of unfunny punch lines and lackluster performances. There are a couple of droll sight gags (Goliath's oversize undershorts hanging out to dry; Coco at work in the pharaoh's palace, trying to sweep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Thou Shalt Not | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

...premature Communist revolution, and instead let the clerical regime crumble through its own incompetence and internal schisms. Moscow is therefore wary of the more impatient and militant leftist groups; should any of those maverick parties come to power, they would probably have to fear the Kremlin's wrath more than that of the defeated mullahs. In the words of a longtime Iranian Communist: "Moscow is willing to have any regime on its southern borders-Khomeini's, the Shah's, even Franco's." But "it will never tolerate an independent Marxist government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Leftists: A Waiting Game | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

...firm incurs the regulators' wrath by cutting prices

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Why-o, Why-o Sohio? | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...bipartisan policy: his famed, explosive temper, which resembles the thunderous Mandalay dawn. His face reddens, his finger wags, he appears to swell even larger than his imposing 6 ft. 4 in., and then he erupts. But his fellow Senators, even those who have been the target of his wrath, think his temper is manageable. A pinstriped smoothie he may never be, but, says Wisconsin Democrat Gaylord Nelson, "He doesn't become irrational. He's not going to dump a bomb on the Soviet Union and then say: 'Let's negotiate.' And he doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: He Won't Be Eaten Alive | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

...truth and trust matter so much in politics-prevented him from viewing the Soviet Union more pragmatically at the outset, then caused him to overreact when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Carter's lack of an intuitive grasp of how to deal with the Soviets, combined with his righteous wrath over their misbehavior, has made him all the more susceptible to what Vance sees as Brzezinski's excessive reliance on punitive policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Final Thoughts | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

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