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...consistent with what I have heard and read about Malcolm X, but I can in no way vouch for its historical accuracy. I was, however, startled by the extent to which the man portrayed was the man I had known, if only briefly, 30 years before. I could not distinguish the actor from the man. Of course, we all tend to see what we expect to see. And we can adjust our memories to fit what we now think to be the facts. But the Malcolm X in the movie is the Malcolm with whom I spent some three hours...

Author: By Roger D. Fisher, | Title: Malcolm X--After 31 Years | 12/3/1992 | See Source »

...making overtures to the powerful Georgetown set that Carter foolishly spurned. To preserve control of his nascent Administration, Clinton has said he himself would name not only Cabinet officers but also their aides and the aides of their aides. Like Bush four years ago, Clinton has moved quickly to distinguish himself from a passive predecessor -- but he has harnessed his whirlwind to a clearer purpose. He has even let it leak that he might tap Bush's wiser aides for occasional advice, shrewdly keeping their criticism of him in check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Clinton Goes to Washington | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

...America, which last week won the Evening Standard award as London's best play while an updated and expanded version debuted in Los Angeles, it cannot begin to suggest the playwright's wacky tactics -- the derisive humor, uninhibited fantasy and freehand jumbling of the journalistic and the supernatural that distinguish this raging farce from lesser, if tidier, AIDS plays. Kushner takes a topic for a TV mini-series and warps it into weirdly satisfying poetry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrating Gay Anger | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...costuming more or less appropriate to the period, but Costume Designer Melanie Martinez has paid as much attention to the chorus as the principal players. Lighting Designer James Gwertzman has resisted the impulse to use overly dramatic lighting while managing to make effective use of lighting to distinguish mood changes...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brilliant Todd at Ex | 11/12/1992 | See Source »

Edge will distinguish itself from other Harvard publications due to its backing from Time/Warner and outside investors from Wall Street, Shapiro said...

Author: By Quentin A. Palfrey, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: New Men's Mag on the Way | 10/28/1992 | See Source »

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