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"There's a part of me that's romantic and selfish and hopes that there will only be one Tealuxe," she said.

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Customers Take Tea, Time at Brattle Street Bar | 1/14/1998 | See Source »

Artful equivocartions are even worse; lynx-eyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.'s are vicious or...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

But aside from jokes about masturbation and oral sex, the fundamental difference between Seinfeld and Pride and Prejudice, say, is that Seinfeld in its heart of hearts is concerned with avoiding romantic attachment, with repulsion (and its twin, self-loathing)--the starkest example being George's relief when his fiance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: It's All About Timing | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

If the rest of the novel is simply a working out of what has been said and left unsaid at this funeral supper (congratulations to the widow are unspoken, of course), it's not the worst way to tell a story. One plot contrivance, however, seems awkward: as a young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Billy's Ashes | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

There's some door-slamming farce in his film and a certain amount of romantic rue as well. Christie has already won prizes for the knowing weariness of her performance, and Flynn Boyle probably deserves some for her ferociously stated frustrations. But their clarity can't quite cut through the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Short Takes: Afterglow | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

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