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...would: she is merely Snider's sacrificial lovely. Snider does love her, but he also sees an exploitable innocence; she is a property that he can ride our of his world of cars and girls--into a world of faster cars and faster girls. Hugh Hefner (Played with den-mother benevolence by pajama-clad Cliff Robertson) is Snider's Buddha, and the Playboy Mansion his sensualist's nirvana. He impresses Dorothy with his tacky style; he gives her a real two-carat topaz; he escorts her to her senior prom in a ruffled sky-blue tuxedo. Eric Roberts...

Author: By Theodore P. Friend, | Title: Anatomy of an Anatomy | 11/19/1983 | See Source »

...other synthopop groups) doesn't understand is that by taking the ragged, rough-shorn mania out of early rock 'n'foll, they take out its heart (and its greatness). Covers like "Tutti Frutti" don't reinterpret the originals; they lobotomise them. Trio fares a little better with "Ich Lieb den Rock'n' Roll" because it's a little faster paced, although the group should learn that power riffing does not equal energy...

Author: By Marek D. Waldow, | Title: Tutti-Frutti | 11/15/1983 | See Source »

...Luther's protest and demanded capitulation. It was then that Luther began asking questions about other aspects of the church, including the papacy itself. In 1520 he charged in an open letter to the Pope, "The Roman Church, once the holiest of all, has become the most licentious den of thieves, the most shameless of brothels, the kingdom of sin, death and hell." Leo called Luther "the wild boar which has invaded the Lord's vineyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Luther: Giant of His Time and Ours | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

...October 25, he has instead written a splendidly ironic of the club He argues that the Pi indifferent from other, exclusive (Harvard social clubs because, the attitude of the Pi Eta prevents the accusation of [it] being exclusive. All are welcome. "He describe the Pi as capital opportunity den of pleasure, and a cost-effective one to boot. He asks rhetorically, "Is this exclusive? How can this he said to 'foster division' when it relies on a broad base of members to proper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Meaning of 'All Are Welcome' | 10/28/1983 | See Source »

...Shangri-La, which included original chefs d'oeuvre and a movie theater. He caressed his showcase items, among them a photograph of a Chicago building he owned, as he lovingly recounted the steps leading to their acquisition, and their costs. Some of the rooms, most notably a child's den, were dark and half-furnished. By the time dinner was served, my feet ached, the sycophants had shifted into high gear and the evening had acquired a deafening hollow fine, leaving me with the impression that certain kinds of success make failure look downright edifying by contrast...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: There and Back Again | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

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