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...black middle class. Here is a morality play with a happy ending: two strong, affectionate parents nurturing their talented daughter toward the show-biz dream of fame without pain. To scoffers in the rock critical Establishment, though, the 5-ft. 8-in., 115-lb. beauty is a black Barbie doll. To them, Whitney's voice, so willing to roam through the breadth of pop music, shows no emotional depth; they find the selection of her songs bland and timid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Prom Queen of Soul | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

...adopting staged events, photo opportunities and other techniques refined by Thatcher four years ago. Last week, for example, Kinnock swung a cricket bat, signed a shovel at a muddy construction site and carried a six-year-old girl on his shoulders. For her part, Thatcher viewed an antique-doll collection, climbed aboard an amusement-park ride and sipped a beer at a Scottish brewery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Headed for the Finish Line | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...long last the mini is back -- not the paper- doll dresses of the '60s but bubbled, tubed and sexy. In short, the very best sign of spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page MAY 18, 1987 Vol. 129 No. 20 | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

...their duet together, Beatty's operatic voice contrasts nicely with Tornell's more comic style and lends the tune some real musical flair. But Beatty is no slouch when it comes to comedy, as she does a wonderful job with the scene where "mission doll" Sarah Brown discovers Bacardi...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Guys and Dolls | 5/8/1987 | See Source »

...Ooooh, isn't he cute?" His face is a posh prison, his smile a winsome rictus. Because everyone wants to mother him, or date him, or have him for a baby-sitter, nobody will let him grow up. He must remain harmless, asexual, a teen-dream Dorian Gray doll or risk losing the devotion of his millions of chaperones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Coping with the Cute Factor | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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