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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After a grim childhood and some harsh early jobs, a young servant named Mary Reilly finds employment in a comfortable London house. Mary's literacy -- unusual among 19th century domestics -- enables her to keep a diary. In it she jots down the details of her work and notes the kind attentions of her master, a gentle, reclusive physician who spends a lot of time in his laboratory. Her narrative is well under way before she happens to drop his name, which is, of course, Dr. Jekyll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Miserable Life MARY REILLY by Valerie Martin | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

...acceptable to all parties. Considering the extravagant promises of the party manifesto and Pakistan's abysmal poverty and appalling 77% illiteracy rate, there is little time to waste. To make matters worse, Bhutto has expended much of her energy on disputes with President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, a cautious civil servant who was close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan The Undoing of Benazir | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...containing a giant stingray, artwork on the walls that can be changed electronically, and heat-detecting switches that turn on lights when a person walks into the room. The 2,500-sq.- ft. silver-and-white suite even comes equipped with a robot named Ursula who acts as a servant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RESORTS: Posh Enough For You? | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...Life (1980). An austere civil servant, terminally ill, looks back in anger on his self-thwarting days and sees, too late, that he has been surrounded by decency and affection. Irish playwright Hugh Leonard traced delicate and complex patterns of marriage, friendship and that old indefinable, love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Best of the Decade: Theater | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

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