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Tongue-in-cheek humor also lifts Freddy's Nightmares above the jolt-'em-out- of-their-seats level of its theatrical namesakes. Freddy (Robert Englund) can still be one ruthless customer: in the season opener, he sliced off a woman's head, which plopped to the floor like a ripe pineapple. Most weeks, however, he serves merely as the wisecracking narrator for unrelated stories revolving around dreams. Many are unexpectedly lighthearted; a few even approach satire. In one of last season's entries, a yuppie career woman had a thirtysomething nightmare about having a baby: her boss replaced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Invasion of The Wild Things | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...this includes the conference on Israel and South Africa. The issue of Israeli-South African ties is real, relevant and ripe for exposure to the critical eye of an academic community...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Talking Israel and South Africa | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

...Rourke) has the face of the Elephant Man and the brain of a perverse computer. Now all he needs to take his revenge on some suave double-crossers is a little plastic surgery. Walter Hill's thriller boasts a sturdy cast (Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth McGovern) and a ripe sense of criminal ambiguity. Neat work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 23, 1989 | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...promise of a full-time job upon graduation or financial aid for more education. More than 90 students have enrolled so far this fall. Like most school-business partnerships, the Orlando program is small, localized and ! labor intensive. But the work-study approach, which Bush backs, appears ripe for application on a broader scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Some Key Bush Proposals: | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Indeed while the time is ripe for the bill'spassage, it still faces powerful Senate opponents,numerous legislative hurdles and a belief held bysome conservative politicians that it representsan endorsement of "the homesexual lifestyle...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Legislature Debates Gay Rights | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

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