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...ears, with reverberations that jangle provocatively in a moviegoer's memory. But the violent mood swings Demme programmed into films like Melvin and Howard and Something Wild often kept viewers at a bemused remove. And once or twice Pfeiffer has been stuck in films she could ornament but not inform. This time, though, these two and a gang of co-stars have created a coherent farce symphony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mafia Princess, Dream Queen MARRIED TO THE MOB | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

Malone is convinced that Kennedy's visibility and high name recognition is beneficial to the Republican's own campaign. "The fact that Ted Kennedy's image is so set in people's minds allows me to talk more about Joe Malone than having to educate and inform them about Ted Kennedy," Malone says. "I don't have to spend a half-a-million dollars to let the voters of Massachusetts know that Ted Kennedy is an ultraliberal--they know it already...

Author: By Frank E. Lockwood, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Malone Campaigns at Convention; Will Challenge Kennedy for Seat | 8/19/1988 | See Source »

Rossiaud adds that by catering only to bachelors or widowers, prostitutes could inform the authorities of adulterers, who were not supposed to enter the bordellos. When travelling salesmen came through the towns, they were able to use the prostitutes instead of deflowering nice young maidens. But most of all, the brothels made money for the towns, and people protested vehemently to keep them as a source of revenue...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: The Politics of Medieval Prostitution | 7/29/1988 | See Source »

...boats filled with refugees arrived in Hong Kong harbor last week, police went aboard to inform the passengers of the new policy. The refugees will be held in detention camps, probably for years, until the Vietnamese government agrees to take them back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong: End of The Road | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...objective has been all along to inform the next president," says Charles Saunders, ACE vice president for governmental relations. "I think the Friday Commission has helped shape the frames of reference and the parameters" of the debate over education...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Bok Leads Higher Education into Battle | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

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