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...April Fool's Day surprise that still makes David Zrike fly into a rage. Like more than 15 million other Americans, Zrike, a 27-year-old partner in a New York City importing business, belongs to a frequent-flyer program that gives bonus trips to loyal airline passengers who accumulate sufficient travel miles. For two years Zrike faithfully flew on Trans World Airlines to reach the 60,000-mile mark needed for two free coach tickets to any TWA destination in the world. Then, on April 1, the airline revised its program. Now 60,000 bonus miles will earn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Frequent Crying | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

...tenure, leaving that evaluation to the good judgement of excellent scholars. But when a department rejects everyone, tenures no one, and leaves the brunt of the teaching load on an ever-changing cast of junior professors, students have a right to question the process. While debates about scholarly standards rage in Robinson, undergraduates now will take their instruction from two brand new assistant professors, one fresh out of grad school, who no matter how talented, are just starting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Historical Perspective | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...Neither do we, mainly because Lee works with silly dialogue and stock situations. At one point, the Black patriarch reiterates white segregationist arguments and then, moments later, discovers that daughter Bridget has been having an affair with Billy Brown, the white housemaid's boy. He flies off in a rage, swearing revenge upon the poor kid. These actors do their best with this warp-speed melodrama and even manage a few comic moments, but Lee's material doesn't allow any great depth of characterization...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Harvard Theater | 4/24/1987 | See Source »

...batty theater-party lady with a happy grin and the same strange power of mental disassociation seen in Sister Mary Ignatius; that Mrs. Sorken is portrayed by Elizabeth Franz (who also created the part of Sister Mary) makes the resemblance inevitable. But while Sister Mary expressed Durang's rage about life, God and the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, all Franz can portray here is his annoyance with the modern theater, which is certainly interesting but not worth three ten-minute monologues...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: The Weird Kid In The Classroom | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

...rivals in the toy industry are marrying their successful products in a surprising team-up. The unlikely allies: Hasbro, whose G.I. Joe toys have been best sellers for years, and Worlds of Wonder, creators of Teddy Ruxpin, the talking bear, and Lazer Tag, which was the rage last Christmas among youngsters and even denizens of college dorms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYS: G.I. Joe Meets Star Wars | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

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