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The most eagerly anticipated arrival, Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, is also the best. Adapted from a 1955 novel by Britain's David Garnett, it is a rueful and autumnal meditation on romance as a process of teaching, almost of parenting. Five characters of widely varying ages entwine, sort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Trio of Triumphs in London | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

In Bull Durham, Crash says, more or less, "Never mess with a winning streak." Costner is too restless to take that advice. If moviegoers are embracing him only as a sanctified jock, maybe they should brace themselves for Revenge, scheduled for release early next year. This violent drama may upend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kevin Costner: Pursuing The Dream | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Now he is believing in Dances with Wolves. "You know how Americans setting foot in another country sometimes feel totally at home?" he asks. "Well, for me, a country road has always felt really right. The notion of a man on a horse, carrying all his possessions on his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kevin Costner: Pursuing The Dream | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

But then Wuer found a more compelling cause in rallying discontented students to demand changes from the Chinese government. It was Wuer who, though wilting from hunger, sat across from Li Peng and chastised him for arriving late to the meeting accorded the protesters. "He talked with Li Peng as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait of a Hooligan | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

BUT like a romantic tragedy, there are two actors present here whose flaws lead to disaster. Not only do students hide from challenges, but their university refuses to challenge them. Harvard no longer presumes to tell undergraduates what they need to learn, believing they will somehow find the correct education...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: What Education? | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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