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...Murray evocatively and sympathetically describes a woman's life that was far from beautiful. Rejecting the traditional epic techniques of plot momentum and beautiful characters, Murray creates an entirely new form of epic poetry by focusing instead upon the hopelessness of an aging woman's attempts to revitalize her downward spiraling life...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Niagara Falling | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...night through downtown Manhattan's glam disco scene. Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll--and a guy who discovers that he really loved his mother too. If you can get past the notion that Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney's 1984 novel about a Manhattan yuppie on a downward spiral, is a time capsule whose time has passed, it's actually not a bad idea for a musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Last Days of Disco | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...Needless to say, the whole thing gets horribly depressing. What did you expect? But Mullan evokes Joe's momentary relapse mesmerizingly--the image of a riff opening awesomely to inner infernal domains about describes it--and it's sudden and wrenching, more than a predictable downward spiral style. It's something to look forward to, as a change of pace from the sentimental (though heartfelt) scenes between Goodall and Mullan...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meet Joe Blank: A Recovering Alcoholic Tries The AA Way | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

Three years ago, President Clinton promised to build us a "Bridge to the 21st Century." I still don't understand the metaphor, even as we enter the downward slope of the bridge, speeding toward the toll plaza. (Thank god for EZ-Pass.) What are we crossing over? Bridges usually get you somewhere you can't get without one, like across a river. Time will take us to the 21st century, like...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Throw Us a Rope | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...Gephardt who made the Democrats' pre-Christmas offer of peace ring across the capital. "We need to start healing; we need to start binding up our wounds; we need to end this downward spiral that will end with the death of our representative democracy," Gephardt said as he urged in vain for the chance to vote on censure. Linking Livingston with Clinton, Gephardt said, "Our Founding Fathers created a system of government of men, not of angels. We are on the brink of the abyss. The only way we stop this insanity is through the force of our own will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Burning | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

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