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...that as it may, the movie, which Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) eventually decided to direct himself, starts out in a low, ingratiating gear. It looks like a "buddy romp," as Geena Davis, who plays Thelma, puts it. Thelma is married to a carpet salesman named Darryl, who represents everything stupid and stupefying about traditional masculinity, keeping Thelma in a state of near childish dependency. Her best pal, Louise (Susan Sarandon), lives with an oft traveling musician named Jimmy, who is nice enough but suffers from the other great modern male defect -- a maddening inability to make permanent commitments. Both women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gender Bender Over Thelma & Louise | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...areas in which the Times can do better and must be competitive with the local papers," says the Times's Sunday magazine editor, Warren Hoge. But, he adds, the goal "is not to be like them." In a city where tabloids run front-page headlines like TEDDY'S SEXY ROMP! the Gray Lady will surely never be ranked as the gamiest daily in town. Meanwhile the new breeze blowing through the Times is raising some storms along its path...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tarting Up The Gray Lady Of 43rd Street | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

...title of Sennett's book belies the breadth and scope of its arguments. This is not just a work on architecture or urban history, although it makes extensive use of both. It is, rather, a breathless, engaging romp through the alleyways and avenues of Western civilization. The route it takes is determined not by chronology, not by geography, but by the enthusiasms of the author's intellectual imagination...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Public Space: The City Examined | 2/15/1991 | See Source »

Undergraduates and GSAS students may exchange coupon #18 for a free ticket to the rematch of last season's 130-54 Blue Devils romp in Durham. There is a limit of two tickets per person...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUKE TIX | 11/30/1990 | See Source »

...Saturday, Ambinder started the Crimson's 2-0 romp with a goal off an assist by Kristen Fowler eight minutes into the contest. Sandra Whyte added insurance with a tally late in the second half, assisted by Clark...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: Penalty Stroke of Bad Luck | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

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