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...borderline psychotic." But to Power he was a romantic revolutionary who could help the movement secure its goals. Along with Bond, her roommate Susan Saxe and two other ex-convicts, a plot was hatched to hold up a Brighton bank to get money to buy explosives to melt down the wheels of trains that carried weapons. Those weapons would then be used to arm the Black Panthers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Return of the Fugitive | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

...once you bite into the square chunks of that tasty fish, the pain and worry of your day just melt away in a flood of tastebud titillation...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, | Title: A Fish Aficionado | 9/23/1993 | See Source »

Sometimes critics are human -- or a reasonable facsimile thereof. They like a good cry at the movies. They can get all sniffly and teary, just like real people, when somebody falls in love or dies. The candy shell of their heart can melt into chocolate when a kid hugs a whale. What separates critics from you is that inside the chocolate they must nurture the hard nut of cool judgment. They must know the difference between a good cry -- emotion earned by film artistry, as in E.T. or Greta Garbo's Camille or, for that matter, The Secret Garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Four Ghosts And a Baby | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

...showing many frozen flakes and a bitter taste, their chocolate chip ice cream showed flashes of the old Emack and Bolio's genius which earned them a Best of Boston award. The vanilla ice cream was rich and the chocolate chunks were large and at the right temperature to melt in your mouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ICE CREAM | 6/25/1993 | See Source »

...from its professional actors. The Bushiness of Kline's President is well-observed, and the woolliness of his Dave contains bristles too. He's warm without being entirely cuddlesome. Weaver has a veteran wife's weary wariness down perfectly. Ving Rhames as a Secret Service man allowing Dave to melt his professional steeliness, Kevin Dunn as the press secretary for whom "no comment" is a moral statement, and Charles Grodin as a CPA appalled by federal accounting practices complete one of the best comic ensembles in years. Under Reitman's unforced and confident direction, they ground improbable fantasy in very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beltway Follies | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

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