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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stepfather (Jack Warden), who is a noisy irrelevancy; a neighbor (Denholm Elliott) who expresses love by being socially obliging; a best friend (Dianne Wiest) who is obscurely tense; and Peter (Sam Waterston), the ad man who rented the guest cottage on the property and then failed in two obvious duties: he didn't finish the novel he intended to write there, and he didn't fall in love with his landlady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Chekhovian Sketchwork SEPTEMBER | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

...when was the White House built? The First Lady, already irritated by her visitor's magnetic gravitation toward the television cameras, was stumped. An assistant curator came to the rescue with dates: between 1792 and 1800. "I'm not much help," Nancy Reagan confessed, in obvious exasperation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confrontation of The Superwives | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

...were looking to get the ball inside," Delaney Smith said. "It was pretty obvious from the opening tap, once Beth got the ball, that she was going to have a good game...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: W. Cagers Fly Past Catamounts, 68-63 | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

There are only several moments when it seems obvious that Momma is DeVito's directing debut. The movie starts off at a breakneck pace that it just barely manages to maintain. But just when you think that DeVito is running out of energy, he comes up with even a sharper sight gag, or Stu Silver's script comes up with another great line...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: La Dolce DeVito | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

While investment banking firms insist that neither their financial analyst nor recruiting programs have changed as a result of the crash, the career no longer looks as appealing as it once did. Chernick says that she has suggested to students "because of the unusual situation this year and the obvious economic uncertainty, that it is a very good idea to have back-up plans and other options as alternatives to investment banking...

Author: By Lisa J. Goodall, | Title: Recruiting Reflects Stock Market Crash | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

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