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...feet, uses his own position somewhat nearer to heaven than most to his advantage as the omniscient and condescending Mr. Jordan, but it's hard not to miss James Mason in the role. Patrick O'Kelley provides a deliciously loathsome Tony Abbott, the sleazy lover who tries to drown his millionaire boss and make off with his wife...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Heaven Sent | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

...loud because this year's Game means nothing. Say it loud to drown out the distant sound of cheering, rolling over the hills and rivers from Ithaca, N.Y., where the real Game is being played, the one that will have a bearing on the Ivy title...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: No Titles at Stake in Game | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

Another member of the program, Lischen Singare, says that when one becomes self-supporting, "You're trying to swim and you might sink or drown. You really do need support when you're on your own." Singare--who has two young children--has begun her own business marketing educational materials that have a multi-cultural emphasis. She says the courses she has taken at Radcliffe have facilitated her endeavors...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Training a New Female Work Force | 11/2/1988 | See Source »

...billion a year will take sizable increases in taxes on payrolls, gifts and estates. Moreover, ; Washington will need both compassion and political gumption to achieve so- called generational equity. The sometimes stentorian American Association of Retired Persons ably represents America's elderly, but it should not be allowed to drown out the softer voices calling for improved prenatal and infant care. U.S. infant mortality rates remain among the highest for all industrialized nations; 40,000 newborns will die this year. "Children don't vote, but they surely need a constituency," says Dr. William Roper, a pediatrician who is head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care: Beyond Bromides | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...know what that means. In the men's room there is no toilet paper. When Daddy asks for some, the woman at the customer-service desk eyes him as if he were just the sort of geek to jam the roll down the toilet, flush twice and drown everybody in the store. The toilet, it turns out, does not flush well anyway. Also there's no soap, and the sink has one of those faucets you have to keep pushing down, so there's not much water either. That's just as well, the hand dryer (you thought maybe they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Washington: A Guide to Discomfort Stations | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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