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...body ability to witness and describe the trysts between Esther and Dale, takes this infidelity and betrayal calmly. For Roger's interest has been captured by his niece Verna, a friend of Dale's, who is the abandoned and unwed mother of a half-black infant and who lives in a housing project not far from Roger's home. Although he does not want to claim responsibility for this distant and disgraced relative, the professor is attracted by her provocative vulgarity and the squalor of her circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Theology and the Computer Roger's Version | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

Brazil has an abundance of abandoned children, including an estimated 300,000 who live in the streets. Most, however, are dark-skinned, and foreign couples generally prefer fairer babies. As a result, light-skinned infants are at a premium for would-be adoptive parents and unscrupulous operators alike. Cesario's special rapport with Israelis began in 1982 when he helped one couple with an adoption. Others later learned of him by word of mouth. According to police, Cesario ran a highly sophisticated operation out of a town near the port of Itajai. The region has a large population of German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Baby Farm | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

...beautiful, but she is wonderful. She barely looks at the camera, focusing on what is real in Rachel's life, her children, her husband, her friends. Every gesture she makes seems unconscious and unplanned. When she feeds her child, spooning food out with one hand and absentmindedly letting the infant suck the mush off the other, Streep ceases to act and begins to live on the screen...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Heartache in Washington | 7/29/1986 | See Source »

...original designs but not trying to fool people in a Disney World sense," says Brooklyn-born Architect Michael Adlerstein, the enthusiastic Park Service manager of the Ellis Island restoration. "If it looks old, it is old." By the way, offers Adlerstein, his Russian mother came through Ellis as an infant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pair of American Islands | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

...family's vacationland adventure had just begun; in fact, they were still at Orlando International Airport, in transit from the arrivals lounge to baggage claim. It is the challenge of any parent accompanying a child to central Florida: making sure rapturous expectations are not soured by the long lines, infant attention spans and high technology on the fritz. Standing at the entrance to Orlando's Sea World, another father tried to tamp his daughter's restless anticipation: "Hyper down, honey--we're only gonna see a lot of fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Disney Theme Parks | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

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