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...gradually realize, the very boyish traits that make Platonov so appealing also render him irresponsible: unlike the safe and predictable dullards around him, he has simply never grown up. In the funniest yet most poignant scene, he feverishly debates whether to stay faithful to his wife (Kate Burton) or sneak off to join a handsome widow who has urged a liaison (Kathryn Walker), when who should appear on his doorstep but an old flame (Kim Cattrall), now his best friend's new bride, to whom he impulsively proposed elopement in a stupor after lunch. Doors slam; people hop out from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bawdy Laughter, Beckoning Doom Wild Honey | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...Sneak over to the dining hall and fill up an empty bottle with Coke from the dispensers at no charge...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: No Time to Study | 12/16/1986 | See Source »

...stuffed shirts set off to the salmon water, tackle in hand. Among them goes "poor Holloway," a somewhat seedy chap of dubious breeding who has yet to catch a salmon in 20 years of trying. Meanwhile, the "salmon widows" wait restlessly back at the hotel -- for Holloway to sneak away from the river to yet another noonday tryst. Just as the juvenile parr of the salmon tribe dart in among their unaware elders to fertilize the females' eggs, so does "poor Holloway" put horns on his betters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rare Bird Open Season | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...papers as soon as they were delivered. Dad went up the satellite tower at UCSB with a radio transmitter to scatter the airwaves so no news broadcasts could make it over there. And Mom cruised the hills in a jeep in case that rascal Col. North were trying to sneak in to brief the President. The important thing was that President Reagan not hear anything about this nasty Iran-Nicaragua business...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: Watching the Cradle | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

...runs by Simmons, a screen pass to Chris Kiah on 3rd down and 17, and a pass to Lee set up Ticknor's quarterback sneak...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Leverett Thumps Currier to Take Football Title | 11/19/1986 | See Source »

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