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...just a woman in funny clothes and a jock strap. They don't think the same, except about things like higher math. But neither are they an alien or inferior form of life. From the point of view of the novelist, this discovery has wide-ranging implications....But first, a small digression, partly to demonstrate that when people ask you whether you hate men, the proper reply is "Which ones?"--because, of course, the other big revelation of the evening is that not all men are the same. Some of them have beards. Apart from that, I have never been...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: A Voice of One's Own | 4/25/1984 | See Source »

While they await the arrival of refugees, the church group has prepared facilities, food, and funds. "We also have to be ready emotionally--we are at risk" as well as the refugees, Wetherall said. Harboring an illegal alien is a federal offense punishible by up to five years in prison...

Author: By Lawrence J. Davis, | Title: Square Group Offers Refugees a Home | 4/17/1984 | See Source »

...parents reward their sons for lying about money. The surest way out of a sticky situation is bribery. Currency is as counterfeit as the system it supports. A young man (Christian Patey) unknowingly passes a phony 500-franc note, but be cause his stubborn rectitude marks him as an alien in the kingdom of greed, he must suf fer an almost comic series of calamities: fired from his job, then jailed, then abandoned by his wife (Caroline Lang). His child must die. Finally, his spirit purified into psychosis, Yvon must kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Spring Collection from Paris | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...FILM "E.T." actor Henry Thomas plays the shy boy who befriends the extra-terrestial with a handful of Reeses Pieces. Thomas innate talents were often overshadowed by the loving, leathery alien, but in Director Jerry Schatzberg's new film. Misunderstood. Thomas captivates the audience with his sensitive, believable portrayal of a young boy grieving his mother's death...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: A Flow of Misguided Emotions | 4/13/1984 | See Source »

...there are many other benefits, but every four years or eight years, the river, flooded by storms that are too far away to be seen, changes its course, and you are left in a desert, all alone. These irrational changes, of course, produced by a political vengefulness that is alien to American life, are a great danger. They confuse our friends, mislead our adversaries and confound our own plans for a more manageable world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alexander Haig | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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