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...sometimes given bit parts in the show. Living on the road, exposed to big crowds and strange cities, they must grow up faster than most of us. On a patch of asphalt in front of the Winnebago, Romanos has sketched out hopscotch squares. "This," she says, "is their playground...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: A Day With The CIRCUS | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...ANGLES. Once a landscape of deserts, it has been transformed into a vast playground. Freeways criss-crossing thew city, fast-food shops specializing in everything from hot tamales to take-out sushi, and mini-shopping malls on every block make their mark on the plastic expanse of wide streets and sun-bronzed people. And when the sun descends over the pacific, the wild ones know exactly where to go. They hip-hop downtown--where pleasures-seekers and licentious groovers explode recklessly to the primal beats of the night. Tonight the scene is the old Park Plaza Hotel, where a French...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: There Are No Angels Here | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...make the most of who they are, glamorous or not. Jerry Brown's unstylish style may set a good example in this respect, whether or not he has the other elements of a good president. At least he believes that the Oval Office doesn't have to be the playground of the upper classes...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Substance Over Style | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...live in the city's housing projects--brown brick buildings with narrow, dimly-lit corridors and miniature apartments. The schools, such as Thomas Jefferson High, have thick steel mesh spread across each broken window, and iron fences topped with masses of razor wire which surround the school and its playground...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: Despair in Brooklyn | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...images of the U.S. that have deepened America's mood of depression and self-doubt. People watch CNN reporting on the American homeless. They flock to see the gratuitous violence of Die Hard 2. Japanese Playboy, which for years projected an image of the U.S. as a carefree sexual playground, now runs stories about the AIDS epidemic. Japanese newspapers, cribbing from the U.S. press, detail the decline in American educational standards and the growth in the murder rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America in the Mind of Japan | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

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