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...Gothic mansion on the moors, a group of caricatures expound upon their social problems--but somewhere outside, an escaped criminal lurks. The players include a dimwitted blonde (Susan Kelly), a melodramatic maiden (Meg Schellenberg) and a gruff crippled veteran (Wise) who play cards endlessly. Into the scene comes a stranger (Goldfarb) who seems to fit the description of the fugitive. Who is he, and what will happen...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: After Magritte and The Real Inspector Hound | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

...plot moves very quickly through countless twists and turns involving movie stars, bums, religious fanatics, murderers, and naked women, but none of it really comes as a surprise, You know immediately it's a set-up when a stranger offers the narrator ten dollars to do a simple favor, and you know the evidence he hides will eventually turn up again...

Author: By Paull E. Hejinian, | Title: Smart Enough To Be An Asshole | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

Success is no stranger to James Chung. He was recently named a finalist in the Time Achievement Awards and he maintains a position on Senator Dole's campaign. But the true measure of James Chung's fortunes is the fact that one of the proposed Cabot House t-shirt designs for this year alludes to him by name. The slogan reads: "Everybody James Chung Tonight...

Author: By Eric Berman, | Title: On the Make With Ski Trips, Watches and Elvis | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

...Chileans will rub off on him. Chile's bishops had initially invited the Pope to come and celebrate the peaceful resolution of a territorial dispute between Chile and Argentina that nearly led to war before a Vatican- brokered peace agreement was signed in 1984. John Paul, who is no stranger to powerful military rulers -- from former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to Poland's Wojciech Jaruzelski and Haiti's former President-for-Life Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier -- was not about to allow Pinochet to use the papal visit for his own purposes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile Bearer of Unwelcome Tidings | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

Sequestered at a corner table in the bar of his restaurant, Clint Eastwood slowly drains a Corona beer and muses about this week's Oscar awards. Suddenly a stranger approaches, cradling a bundle in his arms. Eastwood squints at the intruder and says, "Hey, I won the election. I don't have to kiss babies anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Baby Kissing | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

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