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Especially entertaining was Crystal Talifero, a new edition who almost stole the show herself. In between playing the sax, beating the bongos and filling out Joel's ever-lower voice, she raced around the stage, engaging in more than a few flirtatious exchanges with Mr. Joel himself.

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: It's Back to Basics in a Show of Old Favorites | 6/29/1990 | See Source »

That is not to say that there is nothing entertaining about the occassional smash-em-up-and-feel-good-about-it-movie. It's just that such pictures are quite rightly not the stuff of which Oscar legends are made.

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii., | Title: Robocop Return Offers Action, Social and Political Messages | 6/29/1990 | See Source »

Dixon lived with panache, lounging at a posh beach house in Solana Beach, Calif., and entertaining Vernon executives in high style. Trouble was, the money for such perks allegedly came from the thrift's vaults. According to the indictment, the rent on Dixon's beach house was paid by an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Ole Bad Boy | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

More important, Bush and Gorbachev are men of totally different upbringing, education, habits and turn of mind. Bush loves sports and entertaining friends. Gorbachev is far more formal. Says one U.S. official who studies him closely: "He's not at all stiff, and he's able to make an occasional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Picture Show | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

Bush called in some of capitalism's and democracy's best "workers" and thinkers to show Gorbachev his enthusiasm and sincerity, which is what official entertaining has been about since John Adams opened up the house. The guests journeyed into Washington by corporate jet (Ford's chairman, Harold Poling) and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Capitalists over Corn Bread | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

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