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...into walls to prove her social and physical ineptitude? And what about Albert Finney as her father, at once contemptuous and overprotective of her? He's a constantly rumbling volcano ever on the verge of eruption. One keeps recalling, much to Finney's disadvantage, the icier malevolence of Ralph Richardson in the earlier movie. On the other hand, Maggie Smith's Aunt Penny, more in love with Morris than her niece is and frantically trying to wnegotiate a truce between the principals, is all twitters and twitches, a parody of social insecurity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MISPLACED AFFECTIONS | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

Other fellows this year include Richard P. Taub, the Klapper professor of social sciences at the University of Chicago; and two scholars under a grant from the Ford Foundation to support scholars of Africa: Madupe Gloria Labode of lowa State University and Ronald Kent Richardson of Clark University...

Author: By David B. Amerikaner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Carrington Accepts Fellowship | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

...DuBois Institute is a catalyst for research and interest in Afro-Americana," said Richardson, who also joined Harvard's faculty this fall as a visiting professor of Afro-American studies. "It's difficult to think of a better department in this field in the country...

Author: By David B. Amerikaner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Carrington Accepts Fellowship | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

...high school, then, one hopes, he will continue to resist it in college, making his own responsible choice. It is important not to characterize all colleges and universities as party schools. There are plenty of institutions of higher education where drinking is not the top priority. ANN MARIE RICHARDSON Richfield, Ohio

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 6, 1997 | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

Instead, standout solo performances by Belafonte, Richardson and Leigh help carry the film individually. As a tough gangster boss acutely aware of the state of racial relations in America, Belafonte growls his threats and jokes with a relaxed self-assurance more frightening than any outright violence. Richardson is perfection, as the perpetually addled politician's wife: she gets by only when doped up, sucking her "nerve" medicine like a baby. She drifts in and out of lucidity, though gamely conversational at all times ("I find it fascinating that both of you have husbands named Johnny...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: Hitting All the Right Notes | 7/18/1997 | See Source »

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