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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doughtnuts is almost comical, with Kubrick showing Pyle absurdly running at the end of the platoon with his pants at his ankles, sucking his thumb. The transformation of Pyle from chubby mama's boy to bloodthirsty marine is an incredulous feat, serving to demonstrate how a hellish eight-week boot camp stay can turn even the meekest of men into "jolly green giants with rifles...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: AT THE MOVIES | 6/28/1987 | See Source »

Farley says he spent $70 and most of his sophomore year trying to figure a place to park. In his search for a safe spot, Farley accumulated nine tickets. One day he returned to his car to find that police had attached a metal boot to one of his tires for parking in an unauthorized area. Farley had to pay $50 to have the boot removed. He now has a parking sticker...

Author: By Thomas R. Ellis, | Title: The Tougher Side of Owning a Car in Cambridge | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

...black boot came through the door, then another, followed by the unmistakable odor of grease and grenadine. The black tweed jacket, the streak of slick-backed hair, the 10-pack of black, Bic ball-point pens. "Who is this...

Author: By Tom Reiss, | Title: Rocker Dead in Writing Class | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...Sometimes, the worst is bound to happen. For example, when the popular TV evangelist Rev. Jim Z was caught in just such an affair, the public wound up believing that not only did he have sex with the young woman in question, but that he was a homosexual to boot. And there was little that a platoon of Marines in the large communist country Q could do to save their jobs...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Spring Sex Tips | 5/8/1987 | See Source »

Broderick had a smarter idea for expanding his career horizons: get in a good movie. Project X is the best thriller about monkeys since the original King Kong and a touching parable about parenting to boot. In a Wisconsin research lab, Teri MacDonald (Helen Hunt) is teaching sign language to her prize pupil, a chimpanzee named Virgil (beautifully played -- no kidding -- by a chimp named Willie). After two years, Virgil is shipped to an Air Force base in Florida for a top-secret experiment shepherded by Jimmy Garrett (Broderick), a bright, goof-off airman who develops the same parental bond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Coping with the Cute Factor | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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