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...reason at all! I feel that you are a very brave and courageous lady." Warren Driessen was blunt: "Sometimes I bet you would like to punch all those people." The children were struck by Cheng's assertion "I would rather die than tell a lie" and her refusal to confess to trumped-up charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Aug. 1, 1988 | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

...from him, his nemeses are without human interest, his potential allies are all idiots, and the only sensible figure on the scene (Reginald Veljohnson) is always a walkie-talkie away. Still, Willis' presence is whiny and self-involved, and it is a ludicrous error to have him stop to confess past insensitivities before effecting his wife's climactic rescue. That is not the dramatically opportune moment to go Moonlighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Is There Life in Shoot-to-Thrill? | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

Though the law forbids discrimination on the basis of race, religion and national origin, among other things, gender was the main issue. Women were the only group that most clubs would confess to barring. The ordinance had been challenged in court by the New York State Club Association, which claimed that it violated the right of free association. Not so, said Justice Byron White, writing for the court. "It may well be that a considerable amount of private or intimate association occurs in such a setting . . . but that fact alone does not afford the entity as a whole any constitutional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Storming The Last Male Bastion | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...house. I worked, I weeded, I watered, I fertilized, I pruned, I sprayed, I decaterpillarized, and I fondly admired what I had created (God and I). In 1971 I even wrote a little book, The Rose Garden. But to anyone who asks me now about my roses, I confess that the last relics stand out there under the oaks behind the rhododendrons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Of Apple Trees and Roses | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

Moreover, they state, they all have similar ideas of what constitutes a good time. All prefer a movie or show to a beer bash, and all confess to a passion for a good game of bridge. "We go to lots of movies, dinners and shows together," Stone says. And in the process of spending time together, he adds, "we've certainly washed off on each other...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: They Even Know Each Other's Punchlines | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

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