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PUNCHLINE. An inspired Tom Hanks, our reigning master of desperate expediency, steals the show from a coolly expert Sally Field in writer-director David ^ Seltzer's foray into the world of stand-up, knock-down comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Oct. 17, 1988 | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

...ears, who explainedto me that they're the people who rent musicalinstruments to high school bands. I left wonderingwhether, or how often, they sang Music Mansongs to each other. Out on the street, searchingfor another sign, I found myself singing a TomWaits song. "...Cause opportunity don't knock--shehas no tongue and she cannot talk...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Situations Wanted | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

Enge pressured in the midfield and made a pick off a B.C. back. When the Eagles descended upon Enge to knock the ball loose, Amen picked it up and pushed forward to get the ball to Baverstock in the right corner. Junior forward Nick D'Onofrio connected on a Baverstock cross pass to give Harvard a 2-0 lead...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Booters Breeze By B.C., 2-1 | 10/6/1988 | See Source »

...Diego women were looking for someone to kill their husbands, police heard. Masquerading as a hit man, a detective claims, he got an offer of $10,000 from Judith Lynette East, 45, to knock off her Mark, 31, and one of $5,000 from Venise Lynette Morris, 27, to rub out her Michael, 41. The two women had more than a murder plot in common: Judith East is the mother of Venise Morris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marriage: What Mama Never Told Her | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...teammate Banks arrived on schedule, completely pleased with himself. "To keep me from the gold," he proclaimed in the fighters' doggerel, "they'll have to knock me cold." They did, in the first round. Even so, finding a softer voice while glancing at Hembrick, Banks said, "I'd rather be carried out of the ring than never to have gone into it." When the Korean Byun lost to a Bulgarian by bitter decision, Byun wouldn't leave. All the black bow-tied referees in white had to pile through the ropes to rescue their brother from local officials and fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners All! | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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