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The Muhammadans have seven heavens, but Hollywood does nicely with just one. It's decorated in basic white and packed in dry ice. Horses and dogs have wings there, and the flowers speak to God, who is either black or George Burns. When you arrive (by elevator or escalator), a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Giving Up the Ghosts | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT REVUE (A&E, Fridays, 8 p.m. EDT, with weekend repeats). A weekly magazine with a fresh approach and guests you're unlikely to see anywhere else. Host Eric Burns, low key and ingratiating, presides over a classy potpourri of cultural news and features.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics Voices: Jul. 2, 1990 | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

Islam Dara is a small mujahedin supply base nestled in jagged rocks beneath a circle of mountains, a desert oasis fed by a cold thin stream. Except for the sound of aerial bombing that burns red rings of brush fire above the enclave, Islam Dara seems sheltered. A few canvas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan When Allah Beckons | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

Lisette, 13, a seventh-grader in Mamaroneck, N.Y., loves heavy metal and doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. Read her the lyrics to One in a Million, and she shrugs, "It's just a song." She loves Motley Crue's You're All I Need, but "Sometimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: X Rated | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

While the passion for independence still burns high, some sober-minded Lithuanians are beginning to wonder if they might have been too hasty. Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene seemed to suggest that the deliberately vague terms of the Kohl-Mitterrand letter might serve as a vehicle for compromise. But the main...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union No Embargo On Advice | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

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