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Everything about Munchausen deserves exclamation points, and not just to clear the air of the odor of corporate flop sweat. So here it is! A lavish fairy tale for bright children of all ages! Proof that eccentric films can survive in today's off-the-rack Hollywood! The most inventive fantasy since, well, Brazil! You may not believe it, ladies and gentlemen, but it's all true...

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

With the score tied, 5-5, the Crimson--led by MacDonald's hat trick and Bourbeau's four-point performance--rack up four third-period goals to trounce the Tigers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Elis to the Engineers | 3/11/1989 | See Source »

With the score tied, 5-5, the Crimson--led by MacDonald's hat trick and Bourbeau's four-point performance--rack up four third period goals to trounce the Tigers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Elis to the Engineers | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

...cruel and sadistic manipulation of vulnerable parts of the human anatomy constitutes physical torture. Mental torture, on the other hand, eats away at the human will, humiliates the spirit and causes eventual submission. The use of the rack during the Spanish Inquisition exemplifies the first type of torture, while political brainwashing is a common example of the latter...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Vermont is for Masochists | 2/16/1989 | See Source »

...ready for a First Lady who does her own hair, buys clothes off the rack, speaks her mind, teases her husband, and walks the dog in her bathrobe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No 4 JANUARY 23, 1989 | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

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