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...players occupy a slightly higher moral ground, though only in comparison with their unspeakable employers. Given the way they have been lied to and cheated by the owners in the past, the players would argue, why should they not grab all the gusto they can now? No reason, really, except the danger that they will besmirch their livelihood in order to enrich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Three Strikes, You're Out | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

During a question-and-answer session, Fitzgerald offered aspiring actors some advice: "When the moment comes that you can get in [a company,] you should grab...

Author: By Jennifer R. Boyle, | Title: Actress Describes Experience | 3/13/1990 | See Source »

Stories of seemingly miraculous recoveries may grab the public's attention, but the real work is being done quietly and out of sight. In laboratories around the world, medical researchers are exploring the mind-body connection, separating myth from reality, intuition from fact, belief from science. Much of this work centers on the actions of neuropeptides, molecular messengers that travel through the body linking the nervous, immune and endocrine systems. In the 1970s neuropharmacologist Candace Pert at the National Institute of Mental Health found that these peptides bind to receptors on a cell, beginning a cascade of biomedical effects, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Can The Mind Help Cure Disease? | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

MICHAEL PENN: MARCH (RCA). Surprise. Here's a homage to the playful high seriousness of Beatles music that sounds workably modest, modern and personal. Penn (yes, he's got an actor brother named Sean) takes a while to find his footing, but once he does, tunes like Big House grab hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Mar. 12, 1990 | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

...changed & little since they were invented by the Today show back in the 1950s. Put a perky, good-looking couple together on a homey set; mix in a potpourri of news, weather and feature segments; and keep it all going for two hours. Do it right, and you'll grab a sizable share of the audience that can't get through the pre-work hours without some TV chatter percolating in the background...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Miscues In The Morning | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

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