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...thing, many experts say the long-term environmental effects of full-scale nuclear war would destroy the U.S. as a political, social and biological entity. The point, although it escapes both FEMA planners and president Reagan, is as horrifying as it is simple: there is just no place to hide from nuclear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Tragicomedy | 4/8/1982 | See Source »

...love with her. Thereafter, through the play of sound and shadow, Director Jacques Tourneur suggests that it might be a good idea to take her at her word. The film is very delicately spooky, the more so because no rational explanation for her lamentable condition is advanced, neither hide nor hair of a leopard is ever spotted, and certainly no scene in which woman literally turns into cat, or vice versa, is ever played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Flesh and Flash | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

...Domostroy inherits Kosinski's well-known sexual obsessions. In the book, Andrea buys Domostroy's help with her body and a closet full of costumes and toys, and their gymnastic encounters as well as most everyone else's are pointedly detailed. In real life, Kosinski makes no attempt to hide his personal obsession and is a frequent visitor to private New York sex clubs...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Tilting | 3/25/1982 | See Source »

...evolution toward femininity after the dizzying circus of pants, knickers, Bermudas, gauchos and Zouaves." Valentino, the dean of Italian designers, argues that "women feel the need for greater liberty. They want to seduce and flirt. The new short skirts are wide and swing as you walk-it's hide and seek." U.S. Designer Perry Ellis, who has been showing short skirts for three years, notes that they have taken off, so to speak, only this year. Says he: "One of the most important parts of our business is change-looking fresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Return of the Mini | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

...sales were up an average 14% in 1980. So why do writers have long faces? And why are publishers worried? The answer can be found in the bestseller they all ignored: The Coming Currency Collapse and What to Do About It. Cheery statistics of last year can no longer hide the sober economic facts of 1982: higher costs, escalating book prices and dwindling profits. "I haven't seen times like this before," confesses William McCarthy, buyer for the 20-shop chain of Kroch's & Brentano's bookstores in the Chicago area. "The book business is being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hard Times in Hard-Cover Country | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

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