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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Susan whines out against the desperation. It's not tract, but satire, asking that most forbidden of questions: Can anything come between the suburban housewife and her Calvins? Will the quiet wife of a New Jersey hot tub mogul seek excitement in a Susan universe so desperate that it allows for wet armpits? To paraphrase Aristotle, all the pipes in the world can't buy excitement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frantically Seeking Desperation | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

Banter between the superpowers can mask a deadlock, a breakthrough or something in between. By the time he got to the White House last Friday, Shevardnadze had been through a well-publicized week of public polemics at the United Nations and quiet conversation with Secretary of State George Shultz. But the new messenger from Moscow had given no clues about whether he was carrying the fresh arms-control proposal that other Soviet officials had been hinting at for two months. The silence surprised his hosts. Was the Kremlin continuing its long propaganda prelude to the November summit between Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow's Promising Offer | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...however, is the sound of some of the world's best musicians putting it straight on the line. David Ruffin of the Temptations and Browne sing about "relocation to phony homelands." Cliff and Hall remember "people are dying and giving up hope," and Darlene Love jumps in with "This quiet diplomacy ain't nothing but a joke." The clincher comes with the hard challenge of Bruce Springsteen's voice, which should be some strong indication of rock's new course. Anyone ever hear Elvis Presley sing a song about Martin Luther King Jr.? On Sun City, the country's most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Songs From the High Ground From Farm Aid to Apartheid, Rock Wrestles with Big Issues | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...York Air tells the folks from Des Moines about. As the camera pans across the city streets slicked down a la Miami Vice, we find ourselves inexplicably drawn to the omnipresent danger and bizarreness that fills the air like sour sushi. But, as Paul discovers for himself, the quiet life in a yuppified downtown appartment has a certain appeal...

Author: By Cristina V. Colleta, | Title: When the Lights Go Out in SoHo | 10/4/1985 | See Source »

...language of their own. The incongruity of these visits, far from distracting, offers moments of genuine refreshing documentary that are welcome relief from the hammering proletarian-minded conscientiousness of the jarring town scenes. Despite its oppressive air, Wildrose hints at an unconscious beauty that comes through in quiet moments when content, not complacency, is the offered solution...

Author: By Hein Kim, | Title: Woman Vs. Nature | 10/4/1985 | See Source »

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