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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moviegoers can see Lawrence in its pristine splendor. One more movie hero, film archivist Robert A. Harris, spent years sifting through 3 1/2 tons of film to reconstruct Lean's film, which, like the stone monuments of the Sahara, had been eroded by time. On this gorgeous Lawrence, with its sparkling 65-mm prints and crisp Dolby sound, Harris was the producer and the chief surgeon. Next week the film has gala premieres before opening in New York City, Washington and Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Masterpiece Restored to the Screen: Lawrence of Arabia | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...arrived at the field where the rock was located, Mitchell discovered that a local farmer had destroyed his key to the past. "A farmer had loaded a couple of sticks of dynamite onto the runestone and turned it into rubble," Mitchell says. "All medieval historians are frustrated trying to reconstruct a world about which we know very little...

Author: By Matthew C. Moehlman, | Title: From Ancient Rocks to Literary Criticism | 12/16/1988 | See Source »

While some historians try to reconstruct past events using written documents and reports, one Harvard architecture historian is bringing back the past physically...

Author: By Liam T. A. ford, | Title: Reconstructing History | 10/26/1988 | See Source »

...explosive gulf between rich and poor has steadily grown wider. "We broke an authoritarian system," said Ricardo Lagos, president of the Party for Democracy, one of the 16 groups that made up the Command for the No, which led the campaign to defeat Pinochet. "Now our work is to reconstruct a democratic system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile Fall of the Patriarch | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

However, labor experts say that during his eight years as chief executive, President Reagan has been able to completely reconstruct the Board with his appointees. They describe its current incarnation as conservative...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: NLRB is Key to Unionization | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

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