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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...almost every actor (Ermey and D'Onofrio seem sure shots for Oscar nominations); most important, the Olympian elegance and precision of Kubrick's filmmaking. Full Metal Jacket fails only by the standards the director demands be set for him. By normal movie standards, with whatever reservations one may entertain, the film is a technical knockout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Welcome To Viet Nam, the Movie: II FULL METAL JACKET | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

During the forum, 14 city council and school committee candidates will have five minutes each to discuss their election platforms, and entertain a 10-minute question and answer session...

Author: By James Hare, | Title: Civic Association to Hold Open Candidate Forum | 5/13/1987 | See Source »

...certain to include hours of tedious testimony about secret bank accounts and weapons shipments. As one White House aide predicts, viewers (and the networks) are sure to switch back to the soap operas except when some of the major witnesses are on camera. "Our responsibility is not to entertain, but to inform," says Cohen, whose eloquence in the House Judiciary Committee impeachment debate helped propel him into the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hints Of Conspiracy | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...Ling Ling, Yong Yong and the other actors in what might be called China's Traveling Panda Act -- two more will be lent to the Netherlands' Beekse Bergen park this month -- are meant to do more than entertain. Pandas also carry a message: they are an endangered species with a bleak future. Only a few, 700 or so, still roam the mountains of central China, and there are not enough in zoos to ensure their survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Whole World Goes Pandas | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

Despite her collegiate success Vigna does not entertain thoughts of becoming a professional...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: A Tale of the Intense Machine | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

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