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But this version of Show Boat does ring with excellent voices nevertheless: Mark Jacoby's charming but feckless Ravenal, Rebecca Luker's steely Magnolia, Gretha Boston's ebullient Queenie and Lonette McKee's glorious Julie. (As Joe, Michel Bell sports an impressive basso profundo, but spoils Ol' Man River with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: Just Keeps Rollin' Along | 10/10/1994 | See Source »

Aristide remains a mystery to many. The life of a controversial exile only increased his natural diffidence with strangers. A profile in the New York Times described him as "wan, distracted . . . gentle-mannered to the point of caricature." Haitians who know Aristide are confounded by such descriptions. "There must be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide: The Once and Future President | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

Yet rare is the story that does lead to concrete action. Chicago bureau chief Jon Hull's cover story "A Boy and His Gun," (Aug. 2, 1993), about the deadly love affair between America's kids and their guns, is one such exception. Hull spent five weeks last summer hanging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: May 23, 1994 | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

Fruit of Islam members often appear mild-mannered, yet they simmer with antiwhite rage. Sharod Baker, a Columbia sophomore involved with the Nation since he was 14, is a diligent student and former volunteer tutor. His mother remembers his adolescent anger when he first joined the sect, but she believes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louis Farrakhan: Pride and Prejudice | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

Robards' braying and bluster are adroit but familiar. Plummer's fussiness and dither are a natural outgrowth of the feline, even feminine, nature of many of his heroes (and most of his villains). But his raddled face, Einstein coiffure and teetery walk are new and, surprisingly from this most mannered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Salon as Slaughterhouse | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

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