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Psychologist Hazleton's protracted "dolor" may have qualified her as an expert on the blues, but about depression she does not know beans. Being bruised by the blues may give one insight into the human condition, but being crushed by depression definitely does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 9, 1984 | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...could make such an observation, just as it is difficult not to be fond of someone who, in the middle of a furious brawl with his brother, could observe, "This is just like East of Eden." But Wired, so full of details, is so short on insight that Belushi never becomes any larger or more understandable than a gifted guy who pigged out on success. That might have satisfied Sergeant Joe Friday, but it is not enough for a book. Belushi haunted the night, always wanting to stay up and never to sleep. What he saw whenever he closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Overdosing on Bad Dreams | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...production by either of them expects familiar renditions of old favorites, even when the posters promise Romeo and Juliet or Twelfth Night or even Cinderella. There are sure to be challenges--women playing men, men playing women, audience members sitting on stage, actors operating curtains, new shocks of insight into a script. "You can't just sit back and know what's coming next," says one colleague of Warner's. "Something weird might come flying...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: The two masks of Harvard drama | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...just the right balance of technical skill and humanitarian insight--it's really something special," adds Nela Wagman, another longtime friend and colleague. "I haven't been directed by anyone at Harvard who comes close...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: The two masks of Harvard drama | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...murals and other writings in the crypt are expected to provide scholars with further insight into the political and social structure of a society that used mathematics, charted the heavens, invented a calendar and constructed elaborate irrigation canals. The wall decorations and inscriptions indicate that the occupant was a member of a ruling family, probably an administrator. Among the artifacts was an unusual jar with a screw-top lid, possibly the earliest twist-open container discovered in the Western Hemisphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Buried Treasure in the Jungle | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

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