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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The biggest problem is cantankerous Grandma (Ellen Bledsoe), who resents her infirmity and unwantedness and never misses an opportunity to say so. Even though she is half senile, Grandma is still the most astute character in the play, spouting angry aphorisms like, "We live in the age of deformity."

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Still Crazy After All These Years | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

Murray officers and employees contend that foreign ownership might harm the familial character of the company, which is still partly owned by descendants of Founder C.W. Hannon. In protest, workers have gathered more than 5,000 signatures, erected GO MURRAY billboards and even staged a pep rally starring Country Singer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAKEOVERS: Mowing Down The Invaders | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

The Mainers of Letourneau's Used Auto Parts are not the type to be seen at L.L. Bean. They live in a town that is inappropriately named Miracle City, a collection of raw shacks and trailers hard by an automobile junkyard whose owner, Lucien Letourneau, is a down-East version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Maine Lines LETOURNEAU'S USED AUTO PARTS | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

Like many gardeners, I am rather a bungler. I know very little about pH soil tests. I think I know how to prune a rosebush, but the rosebush may think otherwise. I learned from my father the basic rules of mulching and thinning -- how to stake out the tomatoes, how...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Of Apple Trees and Roses | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

There is no sign in the 558 pages of Picasso: Creator and Destroyer that Huffington has given a day's close thought to Picasso's art -- or anyone else's. To her, Picasso is mainly interesting as a celebrity with an odious character: a user, all but incapable of real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Perils Of Pablo PICASSO: CREATOR AND DESTROYER | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

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