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Only moose roamed the Badlands when they turned into windy cliffs under a full moon. Look at the moonbow, said Sammy, counting the colors. I wish we had a tape recorder, said Rick, shivering in the silence. Grotesque elephant rocks lumbered into view. Sammy looked at the road, the dotted center line, but the shadows crept across the windshield. I don't want to sleep, said Rick. Tough, said Sammy. They fought...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Postcards | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...They will celebrate their 28th anniversary this week. She travels with "Ronnie" (a nickname that only she and a few of his closest friends use) as adoring fan and adviser in small things. "Smile, honey, smile!" she will whisper to the candidate as he gets ready to tape a TV interview. A onetime movie actress who appeared in such films as East Side, West Side (1949) and Shadow on the Wall (1950), she gave up her career to marry Reagan. The candidate seems quite accurate when he says, "Any interest that she has in politics, she got from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Rousing Return | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

Duplicating records and tapes is now a fairly cheap and easy process, costing about $1 for a record and somewhat less for an eight-track tape. Smith charges that organized crime figures steal so-called master stamps, which permit nearly perfect reproduction copies. Album covers are then duplicated with the skill of a forger making a $100 bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Goody Behavior | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...appeals court reverses its decision, Silber said, "we would be able to get rid of the enormous expense and red tape caused by the process of collective bargaining...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Silber, Union Disagree Over Court Decision | 3/6/1980 | See Source »

...body and voice as well as his mind." When asked to explain the process by which he created the anonymous voice of Chance the gardener for the film Being There, the actor "began to transform himself into a computer," Burton says. "He pretended he was a machine reading a tape of several voices and rejecting one after another until the right voice registered." Over the course of the interviews, Sellers managed to imitate human voices as well, ranging from Lord Snowdon's uncle (who inspired the accent for Fu Manchu, his next role) to Movie Mogul Walter Mirisch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 3, 1980 | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

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