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...contours of her face than most actresses can express with their entire bodies. We come to understand her less by what she says than by how she twists her face when she pouts, or by how she hums when she rocks in her favorite chair and pulls a blanket snugly around her shoulders, staring at the full moon and dreaming...

Author: By Robert F. Cunha, | Title: Horn of Plenty | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

...pretty thing, and my boy couldn't take his eyes off her. There was a woman on the shore of the creek behind her. She wasn't fishing, though. Not this lady. She had a portable radio, and a bottle of Jose Cuervo, and an old faded blanket, all yellow, like a cactus flower. One day I looked at her, and she didn't turn away. So I went over and talked to her. And the next week we were married. In Reno. By a Mexican. Name of Juan Carlos. But we got tired of each other, and the more...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: The Shepard Zone | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

...well past sitcom retirement age. The bottom drawer in comedy's bargain basement, however, belongs to the new sitcoms showing up on basic cable. WTBS's Rocky Road, for example, set in a beachfront ice cream store, trots out juvenile plots and dialogue that make Beach Blanket Bingo look like Moliere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Networking: Cable goes in for sitcoms | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...minute later I crossed the line with the overhead clock reading 3:11:00. Someone put a medal over my head while someone else wrapped a mylar blanket around me. It was over. I had finished...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Running on Empty | 10/29/1985 | See Source »

...report gives a blanket endorsement to the activities of Harvard administrators and police, and comments only on student actions. Moreover, there are indications that in addition to being one-sided, the CRR's report may actually have ignored or covered up testimony about improprieties committed by Harvard officials at last spring's events. Some students have even charged that there are factual innacuracies in the report regarding their activities as well as those of administrators and police. Others have alleged that the grounds on which they were convicted are vague and inappropriate. Unfortunately, because the CRR hearings--comprising 60 hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Open the Hearings | 10/23/1985 | See Source »

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