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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...story's plot centers around the troubled romantic relationships of two sisters, Ellen (Catherine Ingman) and Margo (Margaret J. Barker). Ellen is alone and supposedly pregnant. At the same time, her sister's obsession with her own infertility have soured her marriage and alienated her husband, Antoine (played by Neal Farnsworth...

Author: By Daley C. Haggar, | Title: An Angel at the Type writer | 11/10/1994 | See Source »

Gordimer spoke on the plot and themes of Mahfouz's Cairo trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire and Sugar Street. Without the quest for truth, "life would be meaningless," Gordimer said...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Gordimer Talks on Mahfouz Novels | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

Whomever Silver intends to be evil, imagery of death and dark forces bear heavily on the set and the plot as well. Emma sees Arthur in a dream as the devil with horns and cloven feet. But Todd emerges the more likely contender, with an irrepressibly destructive influence and inhuman discourse which portray him as some eternal diabolic force. Enigmatically, he informs his family, "I think I died long ago... I'll be here long after you're gone..." while erecting the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex he mysteriously digs up in the back yard of the family mansion...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Pterodactyls Never Manages to Soar | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

...radio script lacks the special effects of the movies, the plot development of the novels and the immediacy of those great but long-lost action figures. It's still so very much fun to relive! Try committing obscure references to memory to wow your friends at the next showing. ("What I really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators... Does this droid speak Bocce...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: 'Star Wars' on Public Radio Kills the Video Style | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

...process of earning those plaudits, Albright has transformed the job of U.N. ambassador from passive messenger to power player. In addition to explaining U.S. foreign policy, she now helps plot its direction. In an Administration initially wary of foreign entanglements, it was she who led calls for American involvement to prevent an exodus of Rwandan refugees into Zaire. Before that, she argued for a heightened U.S. role in Bosnia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Blunt Instrument | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

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