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In 1902 a young rodent hopped to life in the pages of a cautionary tale. His name was Peter, and he was to become the most celebrated rabbit since the Easter Bunny. Now, upon his 75th birthday, the little creature betrays no signs of age-or, for that matter, maturity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Happy Birthday, Peter Rabbit and Friends | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

"There's still a lot of good will between blacks and whites," says Michael Daffy, head of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of Rhodesia. "Given a chance to effect this change without emotion, we may all come out all right. More than South Africa, we have the makings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: THE WHITES:'TIRED OF RUNNING' | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

In Futureworld, Delos is back in business, run by the sinisterly avuncular Arthur Hill. Everything seems to be humming smoothly, but there is more than a hint that Hill is using the place for his own dastardly purposes. Two ace journalists-an irreverent newspaperman (Peter Fonda) and an anxious, abrasive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Summer Clearance | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

Daffy Asides. Silent Movie is welcome not the least for its audacity. Nobody makes silent movies any more, but the last person who might be expected to try is Brooks, who began his career cooking up outrageous interludes for Sid Caesar, consorted with Carl Reiner in the creation of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mum's the Word | 7/12/1976 | See Source »

Thus in The Colors, the stages of a love affair are portrayed as a psychedelic journey through the spectrum of the rainbow, from red to violet to the annihilation of white. The Birds offers two talking ducks (Curtis and Daffy) trying to fly south through a polluted world; surprisingly, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Imaginary Toads | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

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