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...underlying thought processes and circumstances that his religion becomes almost understandable. At the risk of drowning in psychobabble, suffice it to say that a combination of unguided passion, spiritual and sexual repression and mental confusion arising from the tag-team influence of socialist-atheist Dad and Bible-thumping Mom lead Alan to worship the mystical horse-deity Equus (Latin for "horse"). It is the intersection of reality with Alan's fantasies that leads the emotionally undeveloped boy to commit such a ghastly deed. As the play progresses, however, it becomes less about Alan and more a commentary on the restrictive...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: A Horse of a Different Color | 4/17/1997 | See Source »

Opponents of the treaty, however, argue that behemoths like the CMA do not represent the mom-and-pop chemical makers which would be affected even more heavily by treaty-imposed regulations. Contrary to these claims, however, small consortia such as the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association and the National Federation of Independent Businesses have expressed support for the treaty. It seems that no one in the know--and no one who would be personally affected--is opposed to ratifying the treaty...

Author: By Michael M. Rosen, | Title: Ratify the Convention Now! | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...answer his letters. It didn't help matters when Henry became the U.S.C. coach in the middle of last season--Arizona and Southern Cal are Pac 10 rivals. In January, on the eve of Arizona's visit to U.S.C., Mike told the Orange County Register, "You know, my mom isn't a famous person like my dad. But I wish when they say, 'Mike Bibby, son of Henry Bibby,' and all that stuff, I wish they could just say, 'Son of Virginia Bibby.' She's the reason I'm here. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SONOFAGUN, HE'S BETTER | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...OTHER MOM'S AN ICON

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 14, 1997 | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...with his much nicer younger brother Doug (Joaquin Phoenix) and his widowed mother (Kathy Baker) and fixates on the wealthy Abbotts. He's convinced that Lloyd (Will Patton), the paterfamilias, got rich by stealing an invention from Jacey's late father and then had a ruinous affair with his mom. In repayment, Jacey will therefore seduce Eleanor (Jennifer Connelly), the least stable of the three Abbott daughters. And then her older sister Alice (Joanna Going), and finally her younger one (Liv Tyler), who happens to be his brother's beloved. The kid is to middle-class propriety what Genghis Khan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: YOUNG AND RESTLESS | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

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