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There is enough honesty of a similar quality throughout the picture to keep any not too critical adult going through any matinee. Combine that with the pleasant lyricism of its skating scenes and you have the movie equivalent of a Judy Blume novel for teenagers: something you need not be ashamed to offer a kid and that you may find yourself more interested in than you would have suspected as you glance over her shoulder. - Richard Schickel

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Love in Blume | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

WKRP in Cincinnati, also on CBS, was the pleasant surprise of the night. The idiosyncratic crew of a fledgling radio station in the Midwest struggle to prosper in the competitive and loony radio business. Well-paced and actually funny at times, WKRP benefits enormously from an engaging small cast. But like all situation comedies, the show's writing will provide the true test of whether it can survive. Howard Hesseman, the Martin Mull look-alike who plays D.J. Dr. Johnny Fever, radiates good-natured egomania and could become a real star...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Toobs on the Tube | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

...fact, all very pleasant for Giuseppe, who was scrupulously fair in dispensing his sexual generosity. No. 1 concubine became Mariannina, No. 2 her daughter Giuseppa, No. 3 Fortunata, No. 4 Margherita I, No. 5 Margherita II, No. 6 Lucia, No. 7 Mamma Carmela, No. 8 Angelika. Explained No. 2: "We all agreed. Each night, it was someone else's turn to sleep in the big bed with Giuseppe." Hers was Sunday. Scheduling was left to No. 1, who juggled Giuseppe's nocturnal appointments around illnesses and other exigencies. "There was no jealousy at all," said No. 2, ignoring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Love Story | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

LARRY BIRD. Watching him play stirs pleasant memories for basketball purists: not only can he shoot and rebound as well as the game's legendary forwards; he is an old-fashioned playmaker, a passer who can look one way and hit the open man breaking for the hoop. Averaging 28.6 points a game, Larry Bird, 22, is the second leading college scorer and stands third in rebounds. What is more, he has led his hitherto obscure team through a schedule that reads like the mail drops on the midnight train to Yuma−Wichita State, Tulsa, West Texas State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pure Gold in The Corn Belt | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...idea, made worse when carelessly planned. Artists on the Line features some fascinating individual works spoiled by the failure of those in charge to integrate the artists' ideas. When Brock Adams announced his new policy, he noted that "an investment in the design of transportation can produce humane and pleasant places and improve the quality of out environment." If it's done right, maybe. But if the federal government learns anything from the fledgling Porter Square pilot project, it will hesitate before it lets its checkbook loose in Cambridge again...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Take the Red Line... Please | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

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