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Brenda Wyatt (Roxanne Hart) is MacLeod's modern lover. She figures out MacLeod's identity, but is otherwise merely the fair maiden in constant distress, waiting for her four-century old knight in shining armour to rescue...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Ancient Swords and Modern Silliness | 3/21/1986 | See Source »

...also invented a new surname by appending Rohe, his mother's maiden name. (Less is more be damned: in German, mies means lousy, more or less.) Mies van der Rohe, invigorated by Weimar Berlin, spent most of the 1920s designing gorgeous industrial exhibits and handsome, blocky villas descended from Frank Lloyd Wright. Well into the decade, however, Mies the modernist was not scrupulously practicing what he preached: a neo-Georgian country house appeared as late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: His Was the Simplicity That Stuns | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...Michael made headlines by hinting at differences with his stepmother Nancy and disclosing that the President very rarely sees his grandchildren. Maureen Reagan is, like her father, a conservative, but also has been an outspoken feminist. Her free-spirited half sister Patti Davis, who uses her mother's maiden name, has had tumultuous but unsuccessful careers in acting and music. She has come out with a novel, Home Front, a thinly disguised autobiography about growing up as the daughter of an actor who becomes Governor of California and then President. The revealing book focuses on the love-hate emotions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'M Trying to Have Fun | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

After taking charge of the Music Hall in 1980, Evans quickly dropped traditional family entertainment in favor of more contemporary fare, from bacchanalian rock concerts by the likes of Iron Maiden and Adam Ant to comedy acts featuring such stars as Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy. Evans also brought in a few old reliables, including Johnny Mathis and Liberace, who broke box- office records last year by filling the 6,000-seat auditorium for 21 performances. At the same time, Evans has turned the Music Hall into an entertainment conglomerate that sponsors concerts elsewhere, produces plays and TV specials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mighty High-Kicking Comeback | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...What she said What he said Rafinski on Heyde: Mother's maiden name Cromwell Cromwell Favorite sport, team Redskins Redskins Favorite ice cream varies varies Color orange red Rock group The Beatles The Beatles Restaurants-food Chinese Chi-Chi's Chinese Chi-Chi's Sanchez on Thompson: Mother's maiden Moineau Moineau Cologne Jovin Jovin Favorite ice cream Oreo Oreo Night, morning person morning day Rock music Beatles Beatles Color blue blue Favorite sport volleyball soccer Restaurant-food Chinese Chinese Belliveau on McLean: Mother's maiden Stevens Stephens Cologne Polo Polo Favorite ice cream Polopeanut butter chocolate Morning, night person...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Dating Game | 2/14/1986 | See Source »

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