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...with the latter enhancing and illuminating the former. The attachment of "Not Face Away" to "Uncomplicated" revealed Costello as a latter-day Buddy Holly who goes to meet Peggy Sue with lexicon in hand. His interpretation of Van Morrison's "Jackie Wilson Said" gave an easy swing to its companion, "Radio Sweetheart." And the way that the Beatles' "Hide Your Love Away" flowed out of "New Amsterdam" clearly displayed the desperation that inspired the Costello original. It was not ol' Blue Eyes, but ol' Blue Balls...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: A Night of Brilliance and Mistakes | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...customers have taken action. At Larry Parker's pricey 24- Hour Diner one recent afternoon, an annoyed patron yanked a woman's hair as he walked out because she refused to put out her cigarette. At Cafe Beverly Hills, an upscale coffee shop, an elderly man punched his female companion when she told him he must snuff his cigar. "I've been smoking for 92 years," said the patron. "No one is going to tell me where I can smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hands Up and Butts Out! | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...exhibition contains 62 paintings from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in Leningrad, and was organized by the Soviet Embassy and Ministry of Culture. A companion exhibition, New Horizons: American Painting 1840-1910, will travel to the Soviet Union in late...

Author: By Maurie Samuels, | Title: From Russia With Love | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

Often, the graffiti artists will stop complaining about their lack of companionship long enough to speculate on whom they would most enjoy as a companion. In the Quincy House Qube, an ongoing battle is raging to pick the prettiest girl in Quincy...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: MAKING YOUR MARK ON HARVARD | 4/17/1987 | See Source »

Robinson Crusoe, apotheosis of the desert island castaway, throws one of the longest shadows in literature. For more than two centuries, he and his black companion Friday have provoked countless imitations, parodies, cartoons and advertisements. But from the earliest days, in addition to the parasol and firearm, the beachcombers have also carried some heavy moral baggage. Rousseau considered Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel vital to the education of ambitious youth; Coleridge regarded Crusoe as the "universal representative"; and Karl Marx found the plot an illustration of basic economics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Friday Night FOE | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

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