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West Side Story opened on Broadway in September 1957 to a somewhat baffled critical reception. What to make of a musical that was a tragedy, though with harshly comic moments; that told its tale largely through dance; that featured a backdrop of fire escapes instead of a stairway to paradise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANCE: JEROME ROBBINS: WEST SIDE GLORY | 5/29/1995 | See Source »

Many a kids' movie has met its downfall through cute but hopeless child actors. Luckily for "A Little Princess," incompetence is largely confined to the minor characters. Still, although Liesel Matthews is fairly good as Sara, she fails to maintain the delicate distinction between a girl that everyone falls in...

Author: By Cicely V. Wedgeworth, | Title: A Little (Kids') Charmer | 5/26/1995 | See Source »

In an effort to end the confusion, 12 Harvard scientists analyzed questionaires filled out by 85,709 nurses. These women, aged 34 to 59 and free of heart disease and cancer in 1980, were studied over a period of 12 years. Information about the amount of alcohol consumed by 2...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study: Small Number of Drinks Per Week Healthy For Women | 5/17/1995 | See Source »

Bruce said that the cause of the error was due to his confusion concerning the date of the Levenson dinner.

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Salient `Screw-Up' Causes Levenson Prize Debacle | 5/8/1995 | See Source »

It's about time the U.S. Navy went coed on its combat ships. Twenty years ago, I was one of the first five women to graduate from radio-relay school, and I found there was a lot of confusion. I had to ask for a toolbox that was issued automatically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 8, 1995 | 5/8/1995 | See Source »

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