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Defense of the Realm has its moments--exciting scenes of newspaper presses and ceremonies in the linotype room, stuffy British parlors and subtle jabs at clumsy American diction--but the picture plays like a second-rate TV drama. Wrapped up in the perceived all-importance of his plot, director David...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cinema Veritas | 2/13/1987 | See Source »

When Duke forward John Smith took a pass down low and jammed it home for the first hoop of the game, his move became an act of classical athleticism. And when Crimson Co-Captain Keith Webster squeezed in a dipsy-do-lay-up, it had the flavor of a Renoir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Silly Putty | 2/11/1987 | See Source »

The year is young, but it is unlikely that any title in 1987 will top this one for mystification and intrigue. Fair enough: its subjects are the oddest achievers in the history of show business. Here is Blind Tom, born to slave parents in 1849. Sightless and retarded, this exemplary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Feb. 9, 1987 | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

I am proud to have been associated with TIME's journalistic excellence, which has included exclusive interviews with Ronald Reagan, Corazon Aquino and Ethiopia's Mengistu Haile Mariam. Our coverage ranged from the protracted agony of South Africa to the outpouring of People Power in the Philippines, the tragedy of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Feb. 2, 1987 | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

As a choreographer, Martins has been quietly moving along classical lines. Not for him the currently fashionable crosscutting of ballet with jazz and modern elements. At his best -- in such works as Les Petits Riens, Calcium Light Night, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, Eight Easy Pieces -- he is an agile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Peter Martins' Little Nothings | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

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