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Dates: during 1990-1999
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In our century, More, in his opposition to the divorce and remarriage of Henry VIII, is celebrated as a bulwark of the individual conscience. The genius of Ackroyd's book is its reminder that More's conscience was communal, standing in defense of the colorful and emotional piety of an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: A Man for More Seasons | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Ackroyd's vividly human More is Arthurian rather than canonical, imperfect yet inspiring. And that is the gloss that Ackroyd develops in what may be called a fantastic sequel to More--even though it was published one year earlier. In the novel Milton in America, Ackroyd has the 17th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: A Man for More Seasons | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

RICK WHITE'S DIVORCE

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

The plot contrivance for this effect is acceptable, if a little clunky. Introverted teenager David (Tobey Maguire), a divorce child of the '90s, immerses himself in reruns of Pleasantville, a '50s TV show somewhere between "Leave it to Beaver" and "The Donna Reed Show." For him, it offers an escape...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Color My World Nostalgic With 'Pleasantville' | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

This intense curiosity sparked a life-long interest in the whys and wherefores of computers and offered an alternative to a real life that was less than orderly. When his parents went through a divorce after a move to New York City, Mattel hand-held games like football and car...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: GROWING UP CYBER | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

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