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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Holly Cate is impressive in the role of manipulative mother, warning her less-confident daughter (Rebecca Clark) against missing the first meeting of the Junior Assemblies. "Once you miss," she coldly scolds, "you never catch up." Cate also manages well in one of the play's few non-WASP roles. As a teenaged friend of Sarah (Caroline Bicks), she proclaims the dining room "wicked nice...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Food for Thought | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

...where we stopped in for the usual (mushroom soup and a cheese sandwich), we found a lively moral-literary debate in progress. There was a school of thought, led by Carl Krebsbach, holding it was wrong the way you "build things up." It was perfectly true he had to miss the homecoming parade the time his daughter Carla was elected queen because he was digging up his parents' old septic tank and transporting it to the town dump. But, he said, it was just a . . . well, prevarication to say that hauling his load of "thirty years of family history" (nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just A Few Minutes of Bliss LEAVING HOME | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...month-old son Thomas to a nearby baby-sitter every workday, Figgatt has more time for him in the morning and evening because she no longer has to commute 35 miles each way to company headquarters in Hartford. She finds her new life comparatively relaxing: "I don't miss the daily rat race, the endless meetings, the constant distractions at the office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Staying Home Is Paying Off | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

Working at home, however, is hardly problem free. People often miss the intellectual stimulation and socializing that occur in office settings. Many report that they have trouble sticking to the business at hand, especially when no one is around to see them cheat by taking a nap or turning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Staying Home Is Paying Off | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...didn't miss many serves," Co-Captain Maia Forman said. "Our serving and defense were really good. It was the best match we've played this year...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Penn Survives Crimson Quake | 10/24/1987 | See Source »

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