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After all is said and done, The Odd Couple, the female version, is not a bad play, yet it leaves one aching for all that it could have been. Forced jokes about pregnancy and little speeches about women's lib are nothing more than tokens if they are spoken by...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: Female Odd Couple a Weaker Set | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

When and why did this footloose species take off from Africa? Undoubtedly, reasoned anthropologists, H. erectus made a breakthrough that let it thrive in a much broader range of conditions than it was accustomed to. And there was direct evidence of a major technological advance that could plausibly have done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Man Began | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

Americans have grown accustomed to French intellectuals bemoaning the invasion of our degenerate culture into their sacred realm.

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Toubon's Faux Pas | 3/2/1994 | See Source »

Lest you be mislead into thinking I'm going to whimper about the temperature, let me assure you that it's not the weather I'm talking about. Although the excess of snow may still be my most popular gripe and though my New England born neighbors tire of hearing...

Author: By Kevin S. Davis, | Title: The Cold Shoulder--Harvard Style | 2/26/1994 | See Source »

Volpe says he is keeping the door open for Battle to return to the Met, provided she cleans up her act. "If the time should come that Kathleen has been successful in working with other organizations," he says, "then of course I would consider it." Abandoned, scorned and vilified, Battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle Fatigue | 2/21/1994 | See Source »

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