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...dark and stormy night. The wind howls and werewolves prowl on the moors of the mysterious Mandacrest mansion...

Author: By Carolyn B. Rendell, | Title: Vampy and Campy, Irma Vep Still Lags | 2/4/1993 | See Source »

Rudnick has written a blackout comedy that moves like a 28-year-old kid on the prowl. Aided by the sprightly economy of Christopher Ashley's direction and a troupe of rubber-souled actors playing multiple roles, Rudnick lays out the panorama at double time: a game show, a Gay Pride march, a gay bashing, a taste of rough trade, a vision of Mother Teresa -- oh, yes, and a square dance. All with unfettered wit and a lot of heart. Who could ask for anything more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celibacy, The Safest Sex | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...former White House occupants still living ever saw or heard anything resembling the ghosts that legend insists sometimes prowl the premises. But hear Ronald Reagan's story, told in that husky voice of his: "A couple were sleeping as guests in Abraham Lincoln's bedroom. They were visitors more than once at the White House. And one morning the lady came forth and said that she had awakened and saw a figure standing down at the foot of the bed and looking out the windows. And when that figure turned, it was Abraham Lincoln. She said she swore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Two Centuries and Counting | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

Seattle boasts four thriving independent record labels; six key music clubs, like the Vogue, in the downtown area alone; and nearly that many recording studios. Representatives of rival record companies prowl the streets in major- label wolf packs, looking for the next bust-out band: Heard War Babies yet? Checked out Mudhoney? Get on it, and get with it. As Steve Slaton, regent of the local deejays, puts it, "Seattle seems to be the center of the musical universe. It's just the real deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seattle's The Real Deal | 3/23/1992 | See Source »

Second, with today's shark-like journalists constantly on the prowl for the next Gary Hart, no one--especially not a Rhodes Scholar like Clinton--would run for the White House and expect to get away with flagrant, numerous or recent affairs, much less illegitimate kids...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Some Revealing Secrets | 10/11/1991 | See Source »

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