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But it's an opera without a tragic ending. The sense of doom that begins gathering from the very first moments is suddenly, not quite persuasively, blown away in its final ones. This is not a movie imposition. It's pretty much the conclusion Price chose for his novel. Perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: AN ANGUISHED RAP OPERA | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

A Quiet But Exigent Roommate

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: At Harvard, Weld Was Scholar, Free Spirit | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

The matriarch of the family (Judith Malina) is tradition's slave. When she dies, Catherine rids her house of the dark ornaments of Catholicism, deciding to become a middle-class housewife more in tune with the times. The strongest tie is between grandmother and grand-daughter, who have never known...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Heaven Help It | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

No region of the country seems immune from that interaction. In North Miami, Ira and Ruth Gordon coax their friends to shuffle through their memories. Says Ruth Gordon: "Every couple we've ever invited over to play the game has bought it the next day." Nancy Spencer, a devotee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Let's Get Trivial | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

Until last week, police in at least 24 states could arrest a felony suspect in his home without a warrant. No longer. In a 6-3 decision on two New York cases, the Supreme Court ruled that lawmen everywhere need warrants for such arrests, except possibly in "exigent circumstances," like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: House Arrests | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

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