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Word: abouts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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"Ken's got the general's gift of being the man you automatically follow," says Richard Briers, who plays Bardolph in the film Henry and will assay King Lear in the Renaissance's tour of the U.S. next year. Branagh needed that royal self-assurance to build a major acting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: King Ken Comes to Conquer | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Tunnel vision is no problem for Branagh -- but in the service of the play, not the perks. "I'm not interested in being rich and famous," he avers, "in smoking a big cigar and driving a big car. I want to stay human-size, just as I wanted to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: King Ken Comes to Conquer | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Health class, Harvey Milk School: a male student in drag is talking about his last experience with alcohol. "A drunken butch queen was getting on my case, criticizing me and acting flamboyant, so I pulled a knife on her." A gay youth interjects, "If you consider yourself a woman, you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City: Harvey Milk School | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Each term students, most of whom are at a fifth-grade reading level, receive a course description and sign a contract stipulating that they understand what is expected of them. Most have a study plan designed just for them, which means teacher Goldhaber instructs five students in as many subjects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City: Harvey Milk School | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Like others at Harvey Milk, Goldhaber is angry about what public schools do to problem kids. "I had a girl who had been told she was stupid at math and refused to study it. I begged her. I said, 'Please, please, please,' until she agreed. Now math is the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City: Harvey Milk School | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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