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...marriage," one of TV's richest male-female relationships. "We were interested in exploring what happens between a man and a woman when sex isn't a factor," says Mutchnick. It has also enabled the writers to develop the wonderful bipolar characters of straitlaced Will and his unapologetically flaming pal Jack (it's as if you spun one gay man's personality into two in a centrifuge) and to show that physical love is not the sum of a gay person's identity...
Kids and retailers of all ages will fondly remember Sheriff Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) and his battery-powered pal Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), who together saved a lot of other toys from a fate worse than yard sales. This time hero Woody is the victim--kidnapped by Al to complete a set of classic '50s toys. Turns out Woody, or the marionette that inspired him, was once famous. He starred in his own TV show. He generated spin-off merchandise like radios, yo-yos, ukuleles. Heck, he was on the cover of TIME...
There is a magical moment in the latter half of life when adults have a chance to reinvent themselves. They take on new names: Nana, Grandma, Bubbeh, Poppy, Grandpa, Zayde. They cast themselves in new roles: caregiver, mentor, pal, pamperer. They are filled with powerful new emotions that make them feel alive and vital. They become grandparents...
Suddenly, it's 1986 all over again in Washington, and terms like "Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty" and "verification" are getting play they haven't seen since the days when Edmund Morris had only just met lifelong pal Ronald Reagan. Readers could be forgiven for being a bit confused - didn't we take care of that already? - but in fact the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty has been in limbo ever since President Clinton signed it in 1996, held up by Senate Republicans led by Jesse Helms who have some legitimate concerns about how compliance with the treaty can be verified...
...PREMISE: Two women, one a second-generation Chinese-American and the other her Communist Chinese pen-pal, keep in touch over a decade that culminates in Tiananmen Square. Letters explores the contrast of cultures and ideas: freedom, identity, and desire appear through two disparate perspectives...