Word: queene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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News travels swiftly through one insect colony: delicious crystals have been found in a distant country. Eager to please its queen, a group sets out in search of edible treasure. When the sugar is found, each takes one grain and heads back -- except for Two Bad Ants (Houghton Mifflin; $15.95). Their mishaps with a spoon, a toaster, a cup of coffee and a human mouth are the subjects of Chris Van Allsburg's tale, brilliantly illuminated with renderings of a world seen from the underside, as two tiny protagonists scamper through its wonders and terrors on all sixes...
...four songs are "Dairy Queen," a hard-driving, solid rock tune, "Death Dirge," a haunting song with vocals that resemble the power found in the voice of Jim Morrison, "Sleeping Sara," a multi-paced melody with a 1960s sound, and a well-harmonized cover version of George Gershwin's "Summertime" that also has a 1960s flavor...
EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN. A college star (Dennis Quaid) peaks early; his prom- queen wife (Jessica Lange) piques often; a star-struck bookworm (Timothy Hutton) peeks into their problems. Taylor Hackford's entertaining soap opera polishes the cliches until they shine like movie truths...
EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN. A college star (Dennis Quaid) peaks early; his prom- queen wife (Jessica Lange) piques often; a star-struck bookworm (Timothy Hutton) peeks into their problems. Taylor Hackford's entertaining soap opera polishes the cliches until they shine like movie truths...
...cluster of high- profile cases turns Manhattan courtrooms into SRO theaters. The line forms early to see former beauty queen Bess Myerson or accused child murderer Joel Steinberg...