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...that he shares with the suave Maxim (Andre Dussollier), and from the outset we are assured of the contrast the former's dedicated work ethic poses to the flightiness of the latter. Maxim, Stephane tells us, "has preferences but no obsessions," hinting darkly at the fascinating demons that might lurk within his own self. But these demons are never really unleashed; instead, the two friends are shown working and playing together as squash partners and stylistic opposites. When we are introduced through Stephane's eyes to Maxim's new lover and client Camille (Emanuelle Beart), a young violinist...

Author: By Alexandra Jacobs, | Title: Not Quite Love at First Sight | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

Woodruff's personal tragedy in Tbilisi underscores what dangers can lurk even in altruism. Many Russians are acutely suspicious that Washington aims to block a return of their influence in areas they long controlled. Russia's neighbors wonder what help the U.S. can offer in defusing their ethnic problems and strife with Moscow except token amounts of aid. So far, programs like Woodruff's are strictly defensive. But the more the U.S. takes sides in these disputes, the more enemies it will acquire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Casualty of Chaos | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...young women, the story is different. Many have been coerced into sexual servitude. Some, abducted by con men, are raped and psychologically pummeled into submission. As they strut their wares, their pimps lurk in cars in the shadows, calculating the night's take. But not all the pimps are gangsters. Often it is Father who sits in the backup car or Mother who negotiates the deal for her daughter. Little Brother may appear with a sponge and a pail of soapy water to wash a client's car for an extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prostitution: The Skin Trade | 6/21/1993 | See Source »

...bizarre melting pot of images Williams assembles. He indulges in several impressionics tableaux: the opening pageant, a procession of religios penitents, a neo- Nazi interrogation scene. Are we to take the different scenes as individual sketches, held together by a skeleton plot, or does some dramatic unity lurk in these disparte vignettes...

Author: By Edward Mcbridf., | Title: K-House Doesn't Measure Up | 4/22/1993 | See Source »

After nearly a decade of work, Stallman is close to completing his operating system, called GNU. What he has written so far is considered among the best available. Parts of GNU are already standard in several types of computers. Some parts even lurk in the depths of HUSC, the Science Center computer system...

Author: By John E. Stafford, | Title: Set Your Software Free | 4/20/1993 | See Source »

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