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Maybe Mrs. Helmsley did it as a public service. After all, her calamity has brought pleasure to millions. The sacrifice of plutocrats on the altar of public scandal is a treasured ritual of the American civil religion. And the Helmsleys were already among the least sympathetic of the wealth celebrities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Superrich Are Different | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

On a 1-to-10 scale of interesting lives, Hayden's probably rates about 8.5. Alas, he retells it in a cliche-strewn prose, participles adangle, that rarely rises above a 5. Still, readers who can endure the rhetorical posturing -- New York police, at one point, become the "expected forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: War Stories REUNION: A MEMOIR | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

If any three horsemen could cause calamities like the stock market crash it is this cast of characters. They offer every tired cliche that has been marketed by a dozen writers for the yuppie generation. For fans of Tama Janowitz, Fran bewails her inability to leave Paul because she'll...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Big Deal | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

Based on the novel by Gogol, the opera has all the marks of a major work except memorable music. Gogol's irresistible tale of the scheming Chichikov (the splendid high baritone Igor Morozov), who would "buy" dead serfs in order to build a bogus prosperity on their collateral, holds the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: High Spirits, Dead Souls | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

In fact, Dukakis' almost willful blandness is a major reason that his nomination is far from assured. Even after nearly a year of campaigning, Dukakis has yet to discover precisely what he wants to say. His constant references to "economic opportunity" and "good jobs at good wages" turned the Massachusetts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three-Way Gridlock | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

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