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...BOTTOM LINE: A revue of songs from Disney movies is pleasant if uninspired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing Only The Magic | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

...like so many private arrangements, occurred without the careful, painstaking counseling that adoption experts say is essential to protecting everyone's welfare. "One of the first things we would have done is bring this birth father in for counseling," says Bruce Rappaport, director of the Independent Adoption Center in Pleasant Hill, California. "Most birth fathers will accept some kind of compromise. It's rare that they won't budge. But in this case, nobody ever talked to anybody else. With adoption, it should be counselors, not lawyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: In Whose Best Interest? | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

...Wanderer" contains what is best about this album--the combination of lyrics, instruments and vocals into an evocative artistic whole. At the same time, the music is difficult to enjoy on an aesthetic level for these same reasons. The cacophony of noise doesn't make for pleasant listening...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: 'Zooropa'a Bizarre New Turn for U2 | 7/9/1993 | See Source »

There are some good points to the store; a couple of video games, a shorter walk for Quadlings, and a pleasant server. On the other hand, the video games were unplugged on a recent visit. While the chocolate was a disaster, showing many frozen flakes and a bitter taste, their chocolate chip ice cream showed flashes of the old Emack and Bolio's genius which earned them a Best of Boston award. The vanilla ice cream was rich and the chocolate chunks were large and at the right temperature to melt in your mouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ICE CREAM | 6/25/1993 | See Source »

...couple of years ago. Yes, temperatures can reach the high nineties. Yes, it can get very, very humid--almost stifling. And yes, this particular summer, on the heels of a winter marked by heavy snowfall, is expected to be unusually warm. But most evenings and mornings, the weather is pleasant. A fan will cool off a bedroom, classroom or office. If the heat gets too oppressive, there is an easy antidote--water...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: The Living Is Easy | 6/25/1993 | See Source »

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