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...pickup truck in search of this unknown brother. He eventually tracks down Ray (Jones), who meets him with barely concealed hostility, and the two part with an apparently mutual desire never to see each other again. However, by a quirk of fate, Earl runs into four black youths who rough him up and make off with his wallet and his truck. Against his will, Ray is forced to take Earl temporarily into his own house...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's 'A Family Thing,' and We Don't Understand | 4/4/1996 | See Source »

...really just a gentleman. He never resorted to violence. You never saw him rough anyone up," Abbott continued. "Sometimes you'd see Magnum tear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Falk Is Named 'Gentleman Of The Year' | 4/2/1996 | See Source »

Perhaps so, but there's rough water ahead. Moves are afoot in nine states, from Arkansas to Oregon, to place pro-gambling initiatives on the November ballot. The domino effect puts pressure on elected officials: Pennsylvania and Maryland racetracks watch their dollars drain into Delaware, which installed slot machines last September at two tracks; Tennessee envies the tax revenue reaped by Mississippi's Tunica County, thanks to Memphis gamblers; and New York is readying a constitutional amendment that will allow its slot hogs--who are now flocking to the Pequot Indians' Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut--to spend their money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO DICE: THE BACKLASH AGAINST GAMBLING | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...people stopping you on the street to sing your praises. But Lane, who plays the flamboyantly effeminate half of a gay couple in The Birdcage, has to contend with something other movie stars don't. Stopped in Manhattan traffic in a taxi one day last week, he noticed a rough-looking van driver staring down at him. The fellow turned to his friend, then leaned out the window and yelled, "Hey, faggot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATHAN LANE--UNCAGED | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

...thrilling to trace, on Anthology 2, the gestation of Strawberry Fields Forever--from John's first rough tape, just voice and guitar (frustrated, he keens, "I canna' do it, I canna' do it"), to a spare, beautifully sung take with Paul's mellotron and George's gently weeping guitar, to the slow, sliding version that (when speeded up by Martin) provided the first minute of the final single. All these takes are gorgeous but tantalizing. Let's hear the whole amazing production process--an all--Strawberry Fields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: MORE TAPES FROM THE CRYPT | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

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