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...literature reveals his respect for the autonomy of individuals, and his understanding of the integrity of the human soul. Would it be too much to say that Brodsky could hope for no better confirmation of his point than that Ronald Reagan most enjoys the fiction of Louis L'amour, while Paul Simon prefers Richard Wright...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Why Johnny Can't Rule | 1/13/1988 | See Source »

...life and finances, fight to free Turner from the embrace of asylums, badger his ex-wife for money to support the musician, leave his young daughter at home alone till dawn so he can listen to an old master in a smoky nightclub. For the French, love is l'amour fou. Francis is wise enough to love Turner and mad enough to let this parasitic devotion rule his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Blue Notes Over Paris 'round Midnight | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

Paris is famous as the city of l'amour. It is less well known as a historic center of refugees and terrorism. For at least 200 years, the French have taken pride in providing shelter for those of political passion from other lands. Indeed, it might be easier to make a list of 20th century revolutionaries who never lived in Paris than of those who did. China's Chou En-lai came in 1920, some 70 years after Karl Marx left Paris for London and eight years after a young Russian revolutionary named Vladimir Ilyich Lenin moved from Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: City of Intrigue | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...STORM RISING, Clancy 1 3 WANDERLUST, Steel 2 4 LAST OF THE BREED, L'Amour 4 5 A MATTER OF HONOR, Archer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers : Sep. 15, 1986 | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

...only, as one of them explains, "to protect their women from wild animals." As for the French, who didn't invent love but certainly know how to market it, they negotiate their affairs with a roue's smile and a fatalist's shrug. C'est l'amour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Man, a Woman and Some Dogs | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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