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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Taxi zum Klo (Taxi to the John) answers most of the objections to filmed sex precisely by seeing sex as one facet, however crucial, of its protagonist's life. This lightly fictionalized autobiography is Writer-Director-Star Frank Ripploh's first feature film, and it is as ostensibly artless as a home movie. In the film, Frank is a well-liked teacher in a Berlin secondary school, a fond son, an amateur film maker and an energetic participant in the city's homosexual night life. His lover Bernd (Bernd Broaderup, who took the same role in Frank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Liberation | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

Neither McCabe, who has returned eight punts, nor Rocky Delgadillo, who has run back five, nor anyone else (three returns for 17 yards total) has broken a return longer than nine yards, a statistic that leads one to question some facet of the punt returning process--and not necessarily the deep...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Hold On Tight | 10/21/1981 | See Source »

Crimson errors were not confined to one player or one facet of the game. "It wasn't just one thing," said coach Karyn Altman. "There was no energy out there. We just didn't hit. I think we were tired...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sloppy Play Hampers Female Spikers; Women Fall to Northeastern in Three | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

...This facet of Koch is revealed most fully in nothing political, but rather in the story of his most painful lost cause, one that required the greatest display of hope. One recent afternoon, with the light fading, Koch recalled the death of his mother. When he spoke of it, his voice at once softened and rose in pitch, as if he were imitating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mayor for All Seasons | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

...good news demographically" concerning "notoriously generous" Harvard alumni. "Our oldest alumni now have experience in the House system. And they're the most generous," Davis says. This may be an advantage in the capital fund drive where, Reardon says, alumni may choose to direct money to a particular facet of Harvard life...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Behind the Walls, Under the Floor | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

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