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...environment before time runs out for a settlement. In the next week or so he plans to give a major address urging the Soviets to come back to the arms negotiations. Assad and Andropov may prove to be implacable. But Reagan has had too much success for anybody to laugh at him for trying. At the same time, he has had too many setbacks for him to believe in his own invincibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Using Hope Against Adversity | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...living in the United States in the 1980s, witnessing years of havoc being wreaked on your ideals by a wave of politicians called the New Right. Every week, Mark Alan Stamaty provides those of the old left with a refuge in the only thing they have left to do: laugh...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Tooning Out | 1/13/1984 | See Source »

...adventures of the First Lady, surrounded by a full entourage as she galavants through the capital city, stopping off to order fast food and advise husband Ronnie on the issues of the day. Few other cartoonists have come close to turning the absurdity of Reagan Washington into something to laugh at without then crying...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Tooning Out | 1/13/1984 | See Source »

...Right has done its greatest damage in the rest of liberal America. It has stomped all over ideals and beliefs turning an army of believers into a generation of cynics. And while there are those who still carry globes and organize proves the vast majority wants only to laugh. A little humor never hurt anyone...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Tooning Out | 1/13/1984 | See Source »

...musicals. The only serious new American play (Brothers) closed on opening night. Worse, for the main stem's economic and emotional health, there have been no successful romantic comedies in more than a year. It says something dour about Broadway, its playwrights and its audience that the last laugh-till-you-cry hit was Torch Song Trilogy, Harvey Fierstein's savvy sudser about a not-so-gay drag queen. You may begin to wonder if there are any heterosexuals out there who both feel deeply and write funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Broadway's Big Endearment | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

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