Word: fording
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...journalism as a copyboy for the New York Times in 1953 and served for 14 years at the Wall Street Journal before coming to TIME in 1969. Since then he has written four Man of the Year cover stories and 91 other covers on subjects ranging from Henry Ford to gun control and from the future of capitalism to Pete Rose's gambling problems. In September, George moved to the World section, where he writes on such subjects as the gulf crisis and this week's sudden turn of events on the Soviet political scene...
...powerful speaker of the California assembly is known for his dealmaking abilities, but the Democrat's cameo in Godfather III, directed by pal Francis Ford Coppola, will surely raise eyebrows. In the film, Brown asks Mafia don Michael Corleone for help in securing a judgeship for an associate...
...titillating the Corleones seemed in 1972 and '74, when Francis Ford Coppola turned Puzo's best seller into two Oscar-winning Godfather films. Here was a family of murderers viewed with cool compassion; they did their lurid business with style. Coppola's own style, which set the tone for '70s movies, was called operatic -- meaning that the characters moved slowly, died grandly and emoted at the top of their lungs. The book was a fast, brutal read; the movie saga was an extended, ravishing look...
After more than a decade of anticipation, Francis Ford Coppola's third installment of the Godfather film saga opens on Christmas Day. The hiatus between episodes was longer than the duration of both World Wars. But other megaprojects are marinating out there at their own dilatory pace. Examples...
...cannot make definitive comparisons between American sleep patterns and those of other countries. But many researchers believe that all industrialized nations are experiencing sleep-deprivation problems, though usually not as serious as those in the U.S. "The Europeans don't have 24-hour societies like we do," says Henry Ford Hospital's Roth. "If you're in Paris and you're looking for a restaurant at 2 in the morning, you're not going to find one so easily." In Germany most stores close by 6:30 p.m., TV networks usually sign off by 1 a.m., and Sunday remains largely...