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...cavalierly sells the instrument to his neighbor Baines (Keitel), Ada strikes a bargain with Baines. Under the guise of giving him lessons, she will buy the piano back from him, one black key at a time, by allowing certain sexual favors. One key is hers if she raises her skirt; two keys to let him touch her bare arm; five; 10 . . . Ada can win what she needs by meting out what she forbids her husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wuthering Eighty-Eights | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...scuffle over Expos, I'm inclined to believe the bloodhound. That's not much of a surprise, coming from a former Crimson executive. Does Buell skirt the truth? My guess is yes. And, in a community deeply cynical about the press, he's got an easy punching bag in The Crimson...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Seek Truth, But Don't Expect It | 11/3/1993 | See Source »

...forget her gauzy white skirt billowing over a subway-grating updraft in The Seven Year Itch? Alas, New York police confirmed the outfit is missing and presumed stolen from a Manhattan warehouse. Also gone: some letters written by the actress to her acting coach, Lee Strasberg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest September 12-18 | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

Army's Acting Secretary accused of shoplifting a blouse and skirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Sep. 6, 1993 | 9/6/1993 | See Source »

...could turn out to be the Trojan horse that lets AT&T into the rigidly fortified local telephone business. Under the terms of the 1984 court-ordered breakup of the Bell System, AT&T is barred from re-entering that market. But with McCaw in hand, AT&T could skirt the restrictions, bypassing the local telephone network completely to provide long-distance cellular service directly to customers. If it succeeds, AT&T can sharply reduce the access fees it must pay the local carriers for the right to connect to their networks. Last year it paid $14 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Humongous Hookup | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

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