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...pointless and impossible simply to remake a happily remembered old movie. There is an irresistible urge to improve it, expand it, stamp it with the personalities of the remakers. So it is with the new, all-new version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which was just fine, thank you, as a cheap, neat, slightly loony sci-fi horror picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Twice-Told Tale | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...slow-and in many cases would prove futile. Autopsies were to be conducted on seven bodies: Cult Leader Jim Jones, Cult Physician Larry Schacht and five others selected at random. Officials decided that trying to pin down the precise cause of death for all victims would be impractical and pointless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Horror Lives On | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...kind of song that makes you wonder what there is to think about all day in the backwoods of Canada. This off the wall song, which basically tells of the romantic side to the chemical bond that makes salt, in a gentle-twangy country melody, is probably pointless, but it showcases the sisters' dry humor. Lyrics like...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: From Canada With Love | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Dartmouth back-liners held Harvard scoring stud George Hughes pointless (a first for Hughes in a season-opening clash), while Gaudet steered aside 35 shots...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Dartmouth Spanks Icemen in Season Opener, 7-2 | 11/22/1978 | See Source »

...after a while it seemed equally pointless to sit all day, on a chair, in a building, with a ranger who knew little and cared less. It was the first day my legs hadn't pumped more than six miles and the fact I was using furniture in a solid structure seemed sacrilegious, a contradiction of the whole purpose behind the trek. The longer I sat, the less I liked it; rain or shine I knew I would hike out the next...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: Hell and High Water | 11/21/1978 | See Source »

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