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...Blame Matt Young. Signed to a multi-million dollar free agent contract over the winter, Young posted a pitiful 3-7 record with a horrific 5.18 earned run average. He also developed a psychological tic that has rendered him constitutionally incapable of throwing the ball to first base. (I am not making this...
...regional theater a bad name. But as always with Gurney, there is deep ambition beneath the whimsy and nostalgia. His real subject is middle-aged males' yearning for the lost premise that underlay social dancing: the assumption that the man would lead. The central character -- a drab real estate agent organizing the Snow Ball -- looks up at three memorable debutantes of his youth, again installed in the Snow Queen's sleigh. He labels them goddess, wife and mistress and ardently wishes he could have them all forever. In fact, none "belongs" to him. Men of Gurney's generation have lived...
...novel on the torture and dismemberment of women," as if such a manual would create new psychos. Richard E. Snyder, chairman of Simon & Schuster, quickly caved in to the feminists and canceled his company's publication of American Psycho in the name of "taste." Amanda Urban, Ellis's agent, characterized the cancellation as "a giant corporation [Paramount Communications, which owns Simon & Schuster] responding to prepublication controversy and strong-arming its publishing division into abandoning its own tradition of fearless publishing...
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, the tale of a heroic FBI agent on the trail of a brutal serial killer, was one of the biggest movie hits of 1991. It gripped viewers' hearts and kept them on the edges of their seats, all the while making millions of dollars for its sponsors. The stars, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, received their share of the profits, as did Thomas Harris, the author of the book on which the film was based...
Like Atlanta, the Twins came up with some young pitchers in 20-game winner Scott Erickson and Kevin Tapani. Jack Morris arrived as a free agent from Detroit to supply an instant anchor for the pitching staff. Still in place were Kirby Puckett and Kent Hrbek, holdovers from the Twins' 1987 World Series champions. Catcher Brian Harper had a big year...