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...this lady, the Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close), secretes contempt under her frozen smile. Among the French aristocracy just before the Revolution, she is the stage manager of affections and deceptions, he the lickerish snake who literally hisses at his adversaries. Their cruel games will lead them to peek through keyholes, swipe bedroom keys, purloin letters, ruin lives. And write with feathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lust Is a Thing with Feathers | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...speedboat. Like most self-made men, however, Geffen is consumed by his work. "My greatest fear is getting bored," he explains. "I'm always taking notes on the imaginary yellow scratch pad in my mind." Given the profit potential of his daydreams, his competitors might like to have a peek at the occasional carbon copy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Little Shop of Winners | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

That's why it's important to peek behind the Stealth's glitter to see the real issues at stake. While the first Stealth, which the government shrouded in a veil of secrecy until two weeks ago, has yet to fly, the Air Force already wants to build another 131. Such a spending frenzy could greatly imperil Bush's efforts to reduce the federal budget deficit, the goal he recently announced would be his first goal as president...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Say `Maybe' to the Stealth | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...washed out the game. The sellout crowd of 39,008 drew back under cover and took the time to really look at the old place in the new light. The outfield wall, with its singular vines and morning glories and spider webs, was humanely spared any hardware. The stanchions peek fairly unobtrusively over the shoulders of the stadium. The park, that is. Or that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Aweary of The Sun | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

...least the past two months, editors at Business Week have been secretly looking for snoops: people who were apparently sneaking an early peek at the magazine's "Inside Wall Street" column in order to make a quick profit by buying stocks mentioned favorably before regular readers could do so. Last week the probe, which has been joined by Government investigators and stockbrokerage officials, finally turned up several suspects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Stock Tips, Hot Off the Presses | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

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