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...sweet it is to have just one such moment in life. How bitter to have it early, and then be forced to rerun it ad nauseam, until the triumph turns into sitcom. Bitter for Gavin, for the luminous Babs, for their bookworm nephew Donnie (Timothy Hutton) and their lumbering pal Lawrence (John Goodman). The story meanders through 25 years of the changing South -- civil rights, women's rights, the capricious kingdom of celebrity -- and ends in 1981, but its moral should catch in many a yuppie throat. The price of pursuing eternal youth is catching it, like a cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Part-Time All-American: FAR NORTH & EVERYBODY'S ALL AMERICAN | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

Walkers ranged in age and in affiliation. Hannah Embree and her sister from Wellesley, both senior citzens, completed the entire course and earmarked their funds for the Boston-Cambridge Ministry for Higher Education and the United Church of Christ Peace Ministry. Eight-year-old Elan Schwarz and his pal ten-year-old Kenji Foster said they were attending in the "cause of world peace and disarmament" with their parents and teacher from the Charles River School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...drawn to see instead his old pal, Freddy Krueger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Joy in Beantown | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...balk rules. Giamatti is too articulate for his own anonymity. Sportswriters have learned that Bart, as everyone calls him, will eventually deliver the colorful remark. It may take some hounding. He may try to put them off with a "Can't talk to you now, guy" or a "Later, pal," displaying the side-of-the-mouth brusqueness he adopts when feeling besieged. Never mind. Sooner or later, usually sooner, he will relent. Prod him with questions. Why has he been critical of those huge screens towering behind outfield fences in so many parks that now sometimes compete with the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI: Egghead At the Plate | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

BAMBI. This 1942 Disney fable has everything a child could fear or want: a forest fire, a mother's death, cute comedy and a deer heart to cherish. Bonus: Bambi's bunny pal Thumper makes Roger Rabbit look like a wimp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Aug. 22, 1988 | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

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