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...really a sweet guy who can make a cactus bloom. Pacino plays Johnny as if he is New York: pushy, forlorn, indomitable. And Pfeiffer, laying claim to the title of Hollywood's most accomplished stunner, is every skeptic who tried vainly to fight off the city's spell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dead End on Sesame Street | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...steam trap" can result when furnaces are initially activated, according to Charles M. Gordon, area supervisor for Facilities Maintenance. Campus furnaces were first turned on during last week's cold spell...

Author: By Yea-lan Chiang, | Title: Too Much Hot Air in FDO? | 10/9/1991 | See Source »

...Fort-Philippe, 1890, mediate between solidity (the molecular structure of the skin of paint) and transparency in a way that is unique in 19th century painting, and as a result they can absorb and reward all the contemplation the eye can give them. The port, under its light-suffused spell, its unpeopled high-summer sleep, becomes a subject of reverie but not a fantasy, anchored in the real by such declarative touches as the iron bollard placed dead center in the foreground, yet located in the ideal as well by Seurat's profound attentiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Against The Cult of the Moment | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

...cluster of totally independent armies would spell trouble for everyone. The Russian republic's overwhelming military might would intimidate others in the confederation. Ethnic conflicts, especially in the south, would be more likely to escalate to all-out war. And a Russian-dominated central army might invite a replay of the disaster that has befallen Yugoslavia, where the supposedly federal army is in reality a Serbian army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Army for a New State | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

...more than women seem to draw on anger as a tool, but it is decidedly double-edged. In a sport like golf, which depends on fine motor control, rage can spell disaster. In football, anger may help power up a blitzing lineman, but it can impair a quarterback's judgment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tactics Of Tantrums | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

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