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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Playwright Barker, one of Britain's premier ideological artists, gives this outspoken woman a subtle, likable enemy in the person of the ruling doge, glitteringly played by Frank Langella. Also arrayed against her are a female critic and, on occasion, her own lover, himself an artist of more modest and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Towering Strength | 4/12/1993 | See Source »

The dolphins have a better attitude toward their schooling than many children. When correct, they squeak excitedly as they race back to the trainer. When wrong, they sag noticeably and look about as depressed as it is possible for these benign creatures to look. Herman notes that they are not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Animals Think? | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

Unfortunately, it is impossible to know precisely what goes on in another creature's mind and to what degree it understands the languages it uses. Take the case of the gorilla Koko, first taught 20 years ago to use American Sign Language by psychologist Penny Patterson. On one much discussed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Animals Think? | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

The black comedy of errors that followed the explosion suggests either a costly mistake -- or the work of rank amateurs. By the time federal agents arrested Nidal Ayyad, 25, at his home in Maplewood, New Jersey, they had ( several pieces of evidence linking him to the first suspect seized, Mohammed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $400 Bomb | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

The restaurant invites Russian poets and actors, as well as other members of the Russian community to come and speak on occasion he says.

Author: By Alec Permson, | Title: Ethnic Eats | 3/20/1993 | See Source »

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