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...years ago, directors and reviewers raised a ruckus about the X ratings given such critically acclaimed independent fare as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover. After much debate, and the likelihood that a major-studio film (Universal's Henry & June) would get an X, the film industry's rating board altered the label to NC-17. The idea was to remove the stigma of pornography that the X rating bore and allow serious filmmakers to explore provocative styles without worrying that the parents of a 14-year-old might be offended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Ever Became of NC-17? | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

...where they received special holiday gifts: scrub brushes, buckets and mops. In the Colorado River community of Wharton, more than a dozen flood victims spent the holiday in a school gym. "This is a Christmas I'll remember, all right," remarked Evelyn Shanklin, 89. "I didn't have to cook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: Water, Water Everywhere | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...given up making movies for | now. ("Ted Turner is not a man that you leave to go on location. He needs you there all the time," she says.) He has given up hour-to-hour management of his company. He now eats much of the health-food menu her cook prepares and has lost 10 lbs. They designed and decorated together the log home they share on Turner's 130,000-acre ranch near Bozeman, Mont. He follows her on hikes and bike rides; she follows him hunting and fly-fishing and to baseball games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Taming of Ted Turner | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...cook. And I have access to washing machines and dishwashers. Of course, I'm leading my life in premises that also contain armed policemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free Speech Is Life Itself: SALMAN RUSHDIE | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...Israeli-controlled captives was Israel's idea, and giving Iran back its own money is not literally a payment. Relations with Iran and Syria have eased, but neither is yet in the friendly category. By giving nothing it would not have been willing to concede anyway, Washington has helped cook a deal that is not likely to whet the appetite of the terrorist groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freedom Is the Best Revenge | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

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