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...this irritant, in a nutshell, is that our magazine's ad content can vary from region to region of the country, leaving us unable to put numbers on those pages that don't appear in the entire circulation run. Trust us on this; we're not trying to add needless chaos to your life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amy Musher's Mailbag | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...pouts for Frank, she gives the character a funny, foot-stamping girlishness. There are some miscalculations. The device of framing the story as a show within a show--introduced by Buffalo Bill--gains nothing, and opening with the big number There's No Business Like Show Business is a needless appetizer. It's not as if Berlin's matchless songs--Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, Lost in His Arms, on and on--don't start pouring forth soon enough. Or that Peters, in wonderful voice, doesn't treat each one like fresh-baked goods and make Annie Get Your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: What Comes Natur'lly | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...pointless to ask Treacy where women are supposed to wear these eccentric chapeaus. The point is to fall in love again with the notion of the hat. "I'm not a crazy designer," says Treacy. "I just like to excite the eye of people about hats." Needless to say, a Treacy creation does not come cheap. But maybe you could pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Mad About Hats | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...Needless to say, the whole thing gets horribly depressing. What did you expect? But Mullan evokes Joe's momentary relapse mesmerizingly--the image of a riff opening awesomely to inner infernal domains about describes it--and it's sudden and wrenching, more than a predictable downward spiral style. It's something to look forward to, as a change of pace from the sentimental (though heartfelt) scenes between Goodall and Mullan...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meet Joe Blank: A Recovering Alcoholic Tries The AA Way | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

...friends jealous. Not only are his toenails curved and nice, as he says, but in his own words, he "could have a sixth toe and it would not look weird." It is the accepted fact on campus that Coleman's feet are nicer than most people's and needless to say bigger. His big toe also attracts a lot of attention. Coleman says of it fondly, "My favorite toe is the big toe because it is so big--thick and long...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

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