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The meeting of these strong-willed, lethal innocents is at first a comedy of errors. She, seeing his clerical garb, feels obliged to ask Oscar to hear her confession, even though that is the last thing she wants. He, shy, seasick, and terrified of the ocean view he knows he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Joys of Glass and Gambling OSCAR AND LUCINDA | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

With this film, Itami is less a knockabout ironist, more a sly cinematic Dostoyevsky. The clues to this secret identity lie in his sudden alternations of mood between quiet and noisy desperation, his fascination with the moral force of the holy fool -- the part the director's graceful wife Miyamoto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Driven by Uncontrollable Passions A TAXING WOMAN | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

Southern white leaders are already sounding alarms about any leftward tilt. Some pols running this year are maneuvering to put distance between themselves and the national ticket in order to avoid a liberal taint. Jon Mills, speaker of the Florida state assembly, warns that Dukakis "has to show us that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marathon Man | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

His confession tainted the memory of that 1985 championship game. After reading McLain's piece, you looked back on that championship with a bitter glint in your eyes. Instead of seeing a bunch of fine athletes stunning a highly-favored opponent, you saw Gary McLain and you saw cocaine.

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Viva Villanova | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

It was the preacher' s most spectacular performance -- a public confession following a private admission of meeting prostitutes along a motel strip near New Orleans. So it' s scoundrel time again for Pray TV, a raucous realm that was stumbling toward recovery after ptl and a disastrous 1987. At stake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: MARCH 7, 1988 Vol. 131 No. 10 | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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