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...growing horror around her, Rose musters the energy to strike back. She saves her children from disaster and, in the process, loses them to the legal system. Now, at a different bar, she says that she did not deserve her offspring. The narrator thinks differently: "She reentered motherhood, and the unity we all must gain against human suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Loners & Losers the Last Worthless Evening: Four Novellas & Two Stories | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...Wallis, this week's project was a special milestone. Her first child, Nathaniel, was born in August. Ever since, Wallis, who is on maternity leave, has been in and out of the office, often with baby in tow, completing the story. How does motherhood compare with delving into the mysteries of the virus? "It's harder," says Wallis. "I didn't think any job had longer hours than writing for TIME. But a new mother's schedule is even worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Nov. 3, 1986 | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

This sudden, aggressive activism no doubt reflects a genuine desire on the part of political leaders to wipe out drug abuse in the U.S. But this is an election year. Being against drug abuse may seem about as extraordinary a stand as being for motherhood, yet conservatives and liberals alike are making sure the voters know where they stand. "There aren't a lot of emotional, personal issues this year," explains Barbara Pardue, spokeswoman for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. "The drug issue cuts across all economic and age groups, older people, teenagers, parents, you name it. Blacks are concerned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rolling Out the Big Guns | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

Instead of the standard horror movie romance subplot, Cameron introduces an alternative human emotion--motherhood. In their search for the alien hordes, the team discovers a little girl named Newt, played by the show-stealing Carrie Tern. At first, she is frightened to death, but gradually allows Ripley to get close to her. During the course of the movie, Ripley and Newt work together to protect each other from the monsters, developing a not-too-sentimental mother-daughter relationship...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: A Great Scare | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

...motherhood theme forms the basis for the movie's conflict. The aliens are the disgusting progeny of a huge, grotesque mama alien, enraged by the destruction of her babies by the earthlings. To revenge herself upon Ripley, the mother alien steals Newt away from...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: A Great Scare | 7/25/1986 | See Source »

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