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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...never given a moment of self-congratulation? As for John Hurt's performance, it is shrouded by the sheer physicality of the role. Inexplicably, he is a totally sweet, naive man right from the moment he is rescued from a life of degradation. Where are the anger, the mistrust and hostility...

Author: By Jacoba Atlas, | Title: The Elephant Man | 11/18/1980 | See Source »

...vote. Says Gregory Martire, a Yankelovich vice president: "I'd be surprised if it helped, though it may soothe the women who were going to vote for him anyway." Contends a Republican national committeewoman in New England: "Announcing a future move is not enough to wipe out the mistrust and dismay many women felt after the Republican Convention." In any event, Carter, who has named 41 women to federal judgeships, has not made the same promise. But Atlanta Lawyer Griffin Bell, his former Attorney General and still an influential adviser, has named one of Carter's most likely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Battle for the Bigger Half | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...seems somewhat simple and inexperienced and possibly not up to the job, an undercurrent suspicion goes, well, they said that about Ike once, and look what they are saying now. In other words, this impulse instructs voters to mistrust any unfavorable judgment of Reagan now as a hedge against future revisionism. Reagan borrows some shine from Eisenhower's retrospective glow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Dreaming of the Eisenhower Years | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...environmentalists had to overcome the mutual mistrust of such traditional antagonists as Israel and Syria, Greece and Turkey. Shrewdly, the U.N. team put off seeking consensus on such volatile issues as costs and set about gathering evidence first. It designed and helped fund a regional pollution monitoring system that included 84 laboratories to document conditions in the waters. The labs turned up some hopeful signs: the absorption capacity of the Mediterranean proved to be greater than many experts had imagined, and pollution levels were not uniformly critical. Concluded Stjepan Keckes, the Yugoslav marine scientist who headed the U.N. team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MEDITERRANEAN: A Poisoned Sea | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

...with that mistrust of Carter's issue stances and ability, another side of the character issue may be starting to emerge, Orren said. "Kennedy has taken his knocks and stood gallantly. It's the kind of admiration John Anderson is getting so much of on his side of the fence. You pay your price for a while, but it may end up helping...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Gary Orren: From Podium To Practitioner | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

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