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...harsh, self-critical Hook--which behind the raucous derring-do sounds like a cry for help from a man afraid that his personal fountain of youth has run dry--Spielberg has analyzed kids' loneliness, tested their innocence and celebrated their resilience in what amounts to cliff-hanging chapters in the most sweetly confessional autobiography of any mainstream director. "I feel I'm all over my movies," he says. "I know my movies are all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: PETER PAN GROWS UP BUT CAN HE STILL FLY? | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

...eyes of the Administration, the emotional impact of retiring is the first-order concern of faculty who want to continue contributing to the community. While various faculty members contend that point, there is consensus that retiring can be, in the words of one professor, like "falling off a cliff." With that in mind, the FAS has focussed on making retirement more attractive from a non-financial standpoint: Based in part on departmental discretion, emeriti faculty can teach and serve on various committees. They also have offices and, if they have grants, labs in which to research. They are also eligible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glossary | 5/2/1997 | See Source »

...answers, we need only turn to any of the exhibition's 17 striking canvases, where tiny scholars and fishing boats cower under misty, mountains. In Yellow Cliffs, three Benday dot cliff faces drop steeply from the painting's upper left corner. At the bottom, Lichtenstein's fluid, black contour describes an undulating boulder. This black outline, originally taken from comic books, contains a small patch of red parallel lines, which were used to denote shading in the half-tone prints of newspapers and magazines...

Author: By Scott Rothkopf, | Title: Seeing The Big Picture | 4/24/1997 | See Source »

...decided to retire. Kenyon, who was forced to negotiate a $314 million line of credit for the company last fall, admits Northeast could go bankrupt early next year if it doesn't get at least one plant running by then. "I don't know exactly where the cliff is," he says, "but it's out there. If we don't get these units up and running, the ball game's over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NUCLEAR SAFETY FALLOUT | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

Their shared personal histories, however, suggest that Lott and Clinton are capable of missing the moment. So which will it be? Will they "hold hands and jump off the cliff" together, as Lott likes to say? Or will they hold hands and tiptoe around unpleasant choices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A LOTT LIKE CLINTON? | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

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