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...spite of the Mafia, in spite of terrorism, inefficient bureaucracy, traffic jams and politicians, we Italians have a good life. Why? Because we live in Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 5, 1984 | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

Other players are quick to agree. "It's a real pleasure to play for a coach rather than in spite of one," says junior Jon Sandler...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Bernal Leads Revamped Aquamen Into Thick of Eastern Competition | 11/3/1984 | See Source »

...spite of this invigorating (or bewildering, as the case may be) pace, the film works, if only because of Le Carre's tightly woven plot. After 40 minutes of confusion the disparate threads come together and the rest of us, if not Charly, can sit back and relax...

Author: By Mollv Chff, | Title: Terrorists in Love | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

...spite of such difficulties, the completed movie was pronounced the best of all filmed operas by Conductor Herbert von Karajan. The Russian people have been deprived of seeing even one scene. Like all films and recordings of Vishnevskaya's performances, Katerina Izmailova is banned in its native country. So is this book. Westerners are not so unfortunate. -By Patricia Blake

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Highs and Lows | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...possibility of peace talks. If you are asking me if, in spite of all the declarations, some country in addition to Egypt will come into the peace process, the answer is yes. I am optimistic about Jordan. And I think that Israel should do everything possible to prepare the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Spent Too Much | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

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