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...famous for not smiling. In a lovely moment from Go West, a tough cowpoke orders him at gunpoint to smile; after considering whether he'd rather die, Keaton fingers the corners of his mouth into an awful grimace. But this blank visage was a versatile comic instrument. The giant eyes spoke all manner of emotions: ardor, terror, despair, sheer mulishness. The Keaton deadpan is stoic, heroic and as thoroughly modernist as a Beckett play or a Bauhaus facade. Next to him, Chaplin is a Victorian coquette, Lloyd a glad-handing politician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: KEATON THE MAGNIFICENT | 10/9/1995 | See Source »

...Subaru stopped alongside the girl, and two men got out. They said something to her in English, which she did not understand. Before she knew what was happening, they had thrown her into the back seat of the car, where they bound her eyes, mouth, arms and legs with tape. A little more than half a mile up the road, they parked, pulled their victim from the car and carried her to a deserted stretch of beach. They tore off the tape, and for 15 minutes at least two of the men raped her, before driving away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAPE OF AN INNOCENT, DISHONOR IN THE RANKS | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

Faithfull commands attention even before she opens her mouth. Having partied her way through the '60s on both coasts, she conjures an aura of terrific decadence. But Faithfull is as well an accomplished songwriter and her distinct voice has also made her an icon...

Author: By Marco M. Spino, | Title: Always Faithfull | 9/28/1995 | See Source »

Before the words left his mouth, students were running out the door, strategically trying out an assortment of different exit patterns to ensure the shortest route to Emerson. Moments later, all the seats were filled in the new room, and many students were left standing. A request for yet another room has not been answered...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: A Better Shopping Period | 9/26/1995 | See Source »

...mark. Before the Providence game, she jokingly complained that she had at least five saves against UConn that the official scorer didn't count, which would have put her over the top. True, lighthearted comments such as these are nothing new to Milhollin--one wonders if her mouth is capable of not smiling--but deep down, she is proud of the record...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Milhollin's Milestone | 9/26/1995 | See Source »

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