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...student generation that emerged during a period of military dictatorship after 1964. That style advocated the rights of blacks, reintroduced strong Afro-Brazilian rhythms and made prominent use of electric guitars. Veloso projects intimacy in personal, deeply reflective songs such as those on his new album, Estrangeiro (Stranger). Gil, whose lyrics can range from overtly political to dreamily poetic, is a versatile stylist whose repertoire ranges from reggae to rock to electric variations onsamba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Old Seducer Returns | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...others are better suited to the task than Johnston. She is no stranger to hard work. Hard work is the key to her success, not the luck of the draw--as she would have you believe...

Author: By Hank Hudepohl, | Title: Leading the Women Booters With Class | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...heroine is a passionate, headstrong beauty from the South who struggles to save the family estate and falls for a dashing stranger . . . A Cliff's Notes summary of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind? Not quite. It is the plot of La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle), a 400-page 1981 best seller by French novelist Regine Deforges. This week Deforges and her publishing company, which she now owns, are fighting to save their own fortunes in Paris, where they are defendants in a plagiarism suit brought by Mitchell's heirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books:Back With The Wind Mon Dieu! Has Scarlett O'Hara gone Continental? | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Johnston scored only two goals in her injury-plagued 1988 season, but she has completely recovered from knee surgery to terrorize unfortunate keepers. She's no stranger to the scoreboard--she once scored eight goals in one half against Golden (Col.) High School, a squad nearly as fearsome as Stonehill...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Booters Brave the Big Apple | 9/19/1989 | See Source »

...being a Prime Minister. At first I felt as if a great rock were put on my shoulders. Someone wrote that during the confirmation vote, I looked like a condemned man waiting for his sentence to be passed. When I looked at myself on TV, I saw a stranger. Only now am I beginning to identify myself with the image that appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People Are Impatient | 9/11/1989 | See Source »

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