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...dominate the beast of the Haitian army for seven months was no small thing for my government. It's like a lion in the circus. The trainer is there in the cage with the lion, and he tries to find every weak spot of the animal in order to maintain his control. But if he fights the lion with force and violence, the tamer will lose, because he does not have the same physical power. Therefore he has to use intelligence. Sometimes, though, the beast strikes at you for no reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Am President of Haiti | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

...Jane's scenes (she's the perky techno-mom), and warmer but tarnished for Dede's. The apartment Dede and Fred live in is a domestic mess bathed in an autumnal glow -- as if they lived inside a jack-o'-lantern and its teeth were the boy's cage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jodie Foster: A Screen Gem Turns Director | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

...becomes a befuddled cancer patient in his own hospital and as a result humanizes his practice. Says Bigelow, who directed a cleverly variant vampire movie (Near Dark) and one about a gun-loving policewoman (Blue Steel): "I like to make films that are provocative, that can rattle your cage." Haines, who also directed Children of a Lesser God, says, "I'm consistently interested in projects in which the core of the story is communication and the struggles of human beings to connect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood's New Directions | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

Already in the works is a plan to hold special basketball skills competitions between the houses during home basketball games at Briggs Cage, said London...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: A.D. Tries to Spread Crimson Fever | 9/20/1991 | See Source »

...book is an explication of the tale of a boy who frees a Wild Man, Iron John, whom the boy's father, the king, has locked in a cage. Iron John takes the boy into the forest and step by step teaches him the secrets of being a man. In the fullness of maturity, he becomes a man and marries his princess. Bly tires of repeating that the men's movement is not against women. Nor does the Wild Man imply savagery, brutality, aggression, obtuseness, smashing beer cans against the forehead or shooting small animals for the pleasure of watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Child Is Father Of the Man: ROBERT BLY | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

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