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...movie's rare believable scenes, Alice's Parisian son, left alone while Philippe is in flight, calls her at the hospital in Trouville, first because the stove is broken and then for help on his homework. Realizing she can do nothing for him, Alice breaks down into anguished, frustrated tears. This is the only sign in the film that Alice is at all torn by her two lives. But it still doesn't convey why she's allowing herself to be torn between two complete losers. The movie is completely devoid of psychology...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: A Testimony Against Men | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

Starting guard Maurice "The Stove" Frilot was moved to fullback to provide blocking heft for the Harvard backfield. The 252-pounder plowed through a Tiger defender, leading the way for Tony Hinz' Walter Payton-style touchdown dive...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Freshman Gridders Cruise, 35-0 | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

Frilot enjoyed his temporary position switch, but forecasts no glory for The Stove. "What I like most," he said, "is that I get six yards to build up as much momentum as possible. If I ever got the ball, though, I wouldn't know what...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Freshman Gridders Cruise, 35-0 | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

...When it gets cold we'll get a sack of oysters, put some sweet potatoes on the potbelly stove, and put a nice tape on - Willie Nelson, something like that -and then we chop and carve. That's where it's at. It's being happy." Brunet advised not to strive for winning ribbons; rather, he said, strive to please yourself - something he apparently has accomplished. "I say, when I carve a pintail drake, you can set music to it. Everything swings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maryland: Fowl Festival | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

...selling in the Sears catalog starts with the cover. In 1897 it showed a zaftig young woman with a cornucopia, out of which were flowing a piano, a stove, a sewing machine and other household objects. In 1927 Norman Rockwell did one of his Americana paintings for the cover. In 1966 an 18-year-old model named Cheryl Tiegs captured the spirit of American teenagers. This year she not only is on the cover, but she also has her own line of clothes inside. -By Alexander L. Taylor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Wish Book | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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