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Mario Cuomo is blessed -- or cursed -- with the ability to see both sides of any argument. As a lawyer, he was trained to plead pro and con and was always deft at making his case. As a man, he is inclined to argue inwardly, to question his motivations, his ambitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letting The Cup Pass | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

And there are plenty of laughs in Oz' Little Shop, whose cast of television loonies has long excelled at caricature. Some musical numbers are riotous, including the dental office song by Orin Scrivellos D.D.S. (Steve Martin), Audrey's doomed boyfriend, and a marvellous expansion of "Somewhere That's Green." In...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Powered Plant | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

Inevitably, the fairy-tale nature of Aquino's sudden ascension prompted some extravagant mythmaking. To some the woman in yellow seemed a Joan of Arc, a religious figure incarnating her people's hopes as she led them to freedom; to others she was a Cinderella, with one glass slipper instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woman of the Year | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

A NIGHT with Amadeus is a night full of ironies, both painful and delicious. First of all, at centerstage, stands Mozart (Andrew Sullivan), "conceited, sniggering, infantine Mozart," who has been blessed with God's gift of musical genius, while Salieri (Jonathan Tolins), a man dedicated to doing the good of...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Rock Me, Amadeus | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

The one aspect of Orsay's collection that is likely to be controversial -- though not with the general public, which is sure to love it -- is the amount of space given to so-called pompier art of the Third Empire. (Pompier means "fireman," and the allusion is to the heroic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Out of a Grand Ruin, a Great Museum | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

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