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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...immediate conclusion -- that the culprit is the Haitian boyfriend of her Austrian au pair girl -- will offend liberal sensibilities, especially since it turns out to be correct. Bellow has ruffled racial feathers before, notably in Mr. Sammler's Planet (1970) and The Dean's December (1982), and his new heroine's thoughts will not heal those old wounds: "These people came up from the tropical slums to outsmart New York, and with all the rules crumbling here as elsewhere, so that nobody could any longer be clear in his mind about anything, they could do it." But Clara is here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Old Master in Soft-Covers | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

...TAFFETAS. Goofy and winsome and ever so tuneful, this off-Broadway spoof biography of a fictional '50s girl group is superbly arranged and sung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Feb. 27, 1989 | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...nice manageable sort of way. As his autobiographical Enter Laughing shows, Reiner has always believed that show biz is a circle more charmed than vicious, that . its most characteristic derangement is a sort of addled innocence. In Lindsay, star of the London-Broadway hit Me and My Girl, Reiner has found a perfect, gently insinuating instrument. Together they have created a sweet anachronistic counterpoint to the depressing hubbub of today's celebrity world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Show-Biz Nose | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

Stossel, a young woman with straightforward dress and a girl-next-door air, sits upright and glances around the room with wide eyes. There is still much unexpected at the College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Profiles of Prospective Freshmen: Seeing Diversity in Early `Action' | 2/24/1989 | See Source »

Sandy Nista (Erik Anderson '92), the mob leader's girl, has the show's sleekest figure and offers some of the snidest repartee...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Puttin' on the Blitz | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

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