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...ordinary man's descent into insanity. In Kubrick's version, the main character (Jack Nicholson) is completely unhinged from the very start of the movie, leaving out much of the book's terrifying psychological horror. Nicholson comes off as a cross between Manson and Carson, a connection made explicit by the film's most famous line, "Heeeere's Johnny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEWITT | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

...thrill of attraction and soon fall into passionate sex. Lady C.'s erotic enthusiasm caused D.H. Lawrence's novel to be banned as obscene not so long ago; the book was finally cleared in the U.S. in 1959. By then it could take its place on shelves crowded with explicit fiction that celebrated the new ideal of sexual behavior it had helped to inspire. Freedom, spontaneity, pleasure without guilt became the bywords of the liberated '60s and '70s, as many men and women evolved freewheeling rituals of courtship in singles bars, in casual affairs and in relationships in which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Chill: Fear of AIDS | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

During the week before the alleged rape, the victim received "several sexually explicit and threatening phone calls," wrote Dean of the College Stephen Fix a letter distributed to students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Williams Rape Victim Won't Aid Police | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

...centers. Some TV commercials may begin appearing irregularly by March, but the Japanese are already committed to condoms: 70% of couples rely on prophylactics for birth control. In Africa, where AIDS campaigns are most needed, they are sadly least in evidence. Because of tribal taboos, societal objections to sexually explicit language and the lack of public communications networks, even medical workers are frequently ignorant about how the disease can spread. The World Health Organization predicts that by the turn of the century, AIDS in Africa will have claimed 5 million lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Campaigns Round the World | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

Concern over AIDS leads TV and print media to change policy on condom ads. -- Outside the U. S., commercials can be very explicit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

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