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...midst of the distractions (not to mention the quest for batteries), TIME relied on a panel of five-year-old experts: Brian Alexander advised his father, Economy & Business Senior Editor Charles Alexander, who, in turn, helped the writers with the business aspects of toys; Sam Cocks, whose dad Contributor Jay Cocks reviewed the more popular toys; and Julian Graham, whose mother Megan Rutherford helped research the stories. Brian tested the robots, while Julian and Sam went into the field (an F.A.O. Schwarz toy store in New York City), where they particularly approved of the trains and educational computers. Says...
That a half-century of American literary studies could be recalled for a defective platitude is a contingency that would appeal to Playwright Eugene Ionesco. A major contributor to the theater of the absurd (he prefers the term "theater of derision"), Ionesco reviews the influence of surrealists and dadaists without missing the historical joke: "They all wanted to destroy culture . . . and now they're part of our heritage." Arthur Koestler, a leading intellectual and novelist of the '30s and '40s, sounds weary and detached. "I'm vice president of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society," says the author of Darkness at Noon...
...That is why Rose Bird was defeated and I think that was perfectly justified," the frequent contributor the Atlantic Monthly added...
...TIME Contributor Jay Cocks, who originally proposed a piece on Byrne and then wrote this week's main story, first heard Byrne's music about ten years ago when he was awakened one night by a mysterious tune playing on a stereo, then discovered that the Manhattan loft he was in was burning down. The song: Byrne's Love Goes to a Building on Fire. Reporter-Researcher Elizabeth Bland, who assisted Cocks with the story, interviewed the musician-director several times in New York City. Bland says her initial fears about Byrne's daunting reserve were dissolved by the singer...
Reporter-Researcher Elizabeth Bland, who worked on the story in New York City with Contributor Jay Cocks, found herself recalling one of the more memorable weddings she attended as a guest. "It was at a public park on the banks of the Mississippi in Memphis. The couple hadn't asked the city for permission, so the bride's little brothers got there early to make sure the area was clean." Bland says: "The large-scale weddings popular now are stylish, but they shouldn't have to be costly to be meaningful. They place too great an emphasis on money...