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...necessary for the townsfolk, who are stupid and sinful in more ordinary ways, to avoid being drawn into his vengeful scheming, to find a sweet hereafter in which they can at least partly heal. It is a young woman (Sarah Polley)--surely the daughter Stephens wishes he might have had--who opens them to that state of grace in this solemn, subtly structured, beautifully acted and ultimately hypnotic movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: SHORT TAKES: THE SWEET HEREAFTER | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...onstage to recount his hoodwinking of a sulky Sultan (Peter Jeffrey), his dalliance with the Queen of the Moon (Valentina Cortese), his flirtation with the goddess Venus (Uma Thurman), his captivity inside a giant fish, and his long-odds battle with the Turkish army. Except for young Sally (Sarah Polley), his listeners don't know if he's telling the truth. But his viewers know; Gilliam has used the magic of film to show them the wonders Munchausen has limned. Lovers dance in midair in an underworld waterfall ballroom. The baron sails to the moon in a ship wafted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lying with A Straight Face | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

While wags talk of elections turning into "pissing matches," drug testing has become a new campaign fad. In Kentucky, Republican Congressional Candidate Jim Polley challenged Incumbent Chris Perkins to meet him at a hospital for a urinating match. Perkins did not show up, but Polley gave his sample anyway. Perkins facetiously countered with a challenge to take lie-detector tests, AIDS tests and chest X rays. Other candidates publicly joining in include Republican Congressman Thomas Kindness of Ohio, who is running against Senator John Glenn, and Democratic Senator Alan Dixon of Illinois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drawing the Bottle Lines | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

This week's guest prognosticator is Robert Klitgaard, associate professor of Public Polley at the Kennedy School of Government and a special assistant to President Bok, author of an article entitled. "A Statistical Study of Professional Football Pointspreads...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Klitgaard Makes The Ivy Picks | 10/9/1982 | See Source »

...magic, terrible day 30 years before when the Allied armies invaded Normandy. Omar Bradley, one of D-day's last surviving great generals, attended ceremonies on Utah Beach and paid homage "to all who sacrificed where only God could witness their charity to their fellow man." Hugh Polley then a Candain sergeant major, recalled being wounded three times. "Don't ask why I went back to the fight. I don't know myself. I landed in the first wave, and by God I wanted to finish it up." Jean-Paul Roncoli organized a French group that visited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: D-Day Plus 30 Years | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

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