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...more modest levels, the bargains are still impressive. Harrods' best sellers last week included Pringle cashmere sweaters at $100 (typical New York price: $175), Wedgwood's Runnymede dinner service at $556 for a 25-piece set ($800), a dozen Waterford crystal glasses at $258 ($402). At the nearby Laura Ashley shop, just off Sloane Square, about half the customers are Americans. They spend an average of $245 each on such items as a pastel flowered frock ($43) or a cotton sweater ($37)--about a third to a half the prices in Ashley's U.S. branches. Tourists crowding into the china...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Traveling Dollar | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...with. "I look weird," says Rocky (Eric Stoltz, in a wonderfully authentic performance), "but otherwise I'm real normal." Better than normal. He shines in school, plays Cupid between his mom (Cher) and a rowdy old friend (Sam Elliott), and falls into tender love with a City Lights sweetie (Laura Dern) who can see only his good heart and humor. Metaphorically, Rocky is the beautiful soul hidden in every shy teenager with a bad case of zits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revenge of the Male Weepie: MASK | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

...nightcap, both sides went to their second starters, Janet Dickerman replaced Rubin, while Laura McLain took over for Josie Collins for Holyoke...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Batswomen Take Two | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...everyone was absolutely in favor of the decision," said Laura G. Fisher '69, who will replace William R. Fitzsimmons '67 as director of admissions at Harvard effective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Admissions To Mail Letter 5 Days Early | 4/3/1985 | See Source »

Once this plot is set in motion, Men and Angels seems to promise, at most, some domesticated chills: Laura and her hidden zealotry may be a menace to Anne or the children. Can the babysitter be stopped before she does something awful? In fact, violence does occur near the end, but the real focus of the novel has long since shifted elsewhere. With considerable skill and subtlety, Gordon has constructed a series of intertwined meditations questioning the nature and even the value of motherhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Meditations on Motherhood Men and Angels | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

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