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Hannah wants the chance but, as Martin shows, cannot have it. A brief affair with a charming but faithless acquaintance ends badly-and produces most of the novel's few patches of uncertain writing. Hannah's lover "begins to play on her body like a musician on an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Examined Lives | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

"Born again" has become such a cliche, applied to such a variety of political celebrities and rock stars, that it no longer has a very clear meaning. The Rev. Billy Graham's newest book, How to Be Born Again (Word; $6.95) undertakes to correct that state of affairs.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Graham's New Sermon | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

ONE REASON Cole Porter's musicals have remained so popular through the years is that none of his lyrics are predictable, and most of his situations provide some surprises. I Do, I Do by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, is unlikely to have the same success, largely because its authors...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Hackneyed Lives and Loves | 7/1/1977 | See Source »

The earlier and later artistic endeavors follow one another as naturally as the right foot the left, and together constitute a movement we label German Expressionism. But this label has generated a parasitic stereotype of artistic self-indulgence that sucks the blood of particular meaning from each artist's work...

Author: By Eleni Constantine, | Title: Chronicles of a Crossing | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

Many a road to megabucks is paved with performance clauses, franchising agreements, copyrights, dramatic rights, first serial rights and other fine-print potholes. Thus prudent travelers have for years sought the guidance of an agent. Today the fast-talking cigar chomper of popular cliche has been replaced by a more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Sherpas of the Subclause | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

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