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Both the Baptist minister in Chicago and PTL's Bakker feel concern for their congregations. But PTL traps its audience in a Pavlovian circle of wealth coupled to religion, a ritual of cash register bell-ringing. Like commercial television, it inflames material appetites and arouses expectations, rather than hopes. Facing...

Author: By Peter Kolodziej, | Title: Our Lady of the Country Club | 5/7/1982 | See Source »

Candidates running for state-wide offices, including senator, governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general must file petitions with the sufficient number of valid signatures to city and town officials by 5 p.m. today. Those running for local positions like state senator or representative had to meet a filling deadline for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Races Officially Shape Up As Filing Deadline Arrives | 5/4/1982 | See Source »

Nor can she pinpoint experiences her books are "about" or events that "affected" them, offering instead the anecdote of a farmer neighbor whose barn caught fire several years ago. The entire herd of cattle was brought out unharmed, suffering no visible effects; five months later, though, all the cows miscarried...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: A Realistic Feminism | 4/20/1982 | See Source »

This is a rather bold style for a novel that has the marks of popular entertainment. Most readers still prefer their sex, violence and profanity served in a direct, fast-moving narrative. Still, Dunne may be on to something. In an age of soft-core TV, it is not hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mortal Sins | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

It is a shame how little attention graphic designers have paid to forms. For millions of citizens, in particular the poor and the elderly, filling out questionnaires has become a necessity of life. The procedure is required by government (tax forms, food stamps and welfare aid applications) as well as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Simplifying Income Tax Returns | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

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