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Inconsistencies abound. The Joker falls into a vat of toxic slime that eats the skin off his body but doesn't damage his signature deck of cards; when he gaily vandalizes some classic paintings, the film spells the museum's name two different ways; and when he starts tossing $20 million in cash onto the street, the good people of Gotham don't go into a looting frenzy and attack his perch. More important, the picture's first hour poses one big question: How will ace photographer Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) react when she learns that Bruce is Batman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Murk in The Myth | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

Opportunities abound for Radcliffe to establish programs in conjuction with Harvard's undergraduate departments and graduate schools to encourage scholarship by and about women. President Derek C. Bok has mentioned these as potential areas for future cooperation between the two institutions. Wilson would do well to call him on his suggestions, and play a few hands of her own to further the status of women at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leadership for Women | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

...vice cop. "Victimless crime -- crap," he whispers. "Follow me." The white-haired Hurlbut eases his 225- lb. frame through an entrance marked PEEP SHOWS and into a darkened warren of viewing rooms. In each of the empty plywood cubicles, VCRs still hum, and the trappings of recent sexual activity abound. "The average guy has no idea what scumbags these places are," he snaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vanquishing Vice | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

...Guard churches that defined the nation's spiritual and moral ethos from Plymouth Rock through the 1950s are coping with a decline in numbers and social clout. Strategic failures abound in recruitment, missions and education, while demographic trends point to an even bleaker future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 21 MAY 22, 1989 | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

...main characters are unlikable. The score, which Sullivan used to indulge his Wagnerian pretenses, lacks any memorable tunes. Gilbert and Sulivan devotees won't be completely disappointed, though, because Princess Ida contains all of the elements the pair is famous for. Patter songs, topical jokes and absurd characters abound, and the part undergraduate, part professional cast makes the most of what they are given...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Too Much Cargo, Too Little Fuel | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

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