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...know why this century has such terrible events happen? The Turks killing two million Armenians, the Holocaust, Hitler killing most of the Jews in Europe, Stalin killing fifteen million Ukrainians, nuclear destruction unleashed, the final war apparently inevitable? It is because God agreed to let the Great Prince Satan have his way with men for a hundred years--this one hundred years, the twentieth century...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: Thanatos Is Comin' to Town | 4/24/1987 | See Source »

Next up is Desire, Desire, Desire, an overlong and heavyhanded parody of Tennessee Williams that ironically also features the best individual moments. Sandra Shipley slinks about as Blanche DuBois, while James Andreassi as Stanley sits lolling his tongue, shouting "Stella!" every fifteen seconds and occasionally spraying the overheated Blanche with a beer. Funny, but the humor fades long before the actors do. Not even the sudden introduction of Maggie from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, as well as instant parodies of Mamet and Beckett tossed in like ingredients in Ubu's wild bouillabaise, can save it from ennui. Every...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: The Weird Kid In The Classroom | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

...After fifteen minutes of discussing things like my ex-boyfriend and the stress of mid-terms, my reading was concluded. He wished me fuck in "dealing" and I thanked him as I exited the apartment and stepped back into the elevator, leaving the smell of incense and the calm of herbal tea for the hectic bustle of the Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Psychic Experience | 3/20/1987 | See Source »

...most infamous defendant was Gaetano ("the Uncle") Badalamenti, 63, former chief of the Sicilian Mafia, who faces up to 30 years in prison, and Salvatore ("the Baker") Catalano, 46, a Queens bakery owner who prosecutors say is a powerful capo in the Bonanno family. He could get life imprisonment. Fifteen other defendants were found guilty of conspiracy. Badalamenti's son Vito was found innocent of his only charge of conspiracy, $ and another defendant was convicted of federal currency violations. To U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani it was a "tremendous victory." Said he: "No one case can result in a massive destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pizza Penance | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...Coors began over human dignity issues, such as forced lie-detector tests and illegal search and seizure. But William Coors stridently denies that the lie detector tests were at issue in the strike, and claims that there have only been four cases of search and seizure over the past fifteen years, all of which involved alleged drug...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Is Coors the One? | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

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