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A Broadway adage holds that there are 50 ways for a musical to go wrong and only one for it to go right. No musical this season was more eagerly awaited than The Goodbye Girl, Neil Simon's adaptation of his 1977 hit movie about the bumpily blossoming romance between...
The Waco cult is the product of an apocalyptic theology, refined over decades by a succession of zealous but nonviolent splinter groups, that was seized at last by a charismatic and combustible leader. The son of a single mother, Koresh was born Vernon Howell in Houston in 1959. Growing up...
WALL STREET TAKES NO PRISONERS THESE DAYS, which James D. Robinson III, chairman for 15 years of American Express, discovered. The week began well enough when he faced down a timid board of directors. Some board members had sought to oust him, but he forced them to back down and...
With this week's issue time has a new managing editor, James R. Gaines, the 13th in a line of succession that goes back to the magazine's founding in 1923. He replaces Henry Muller, who is moving up the masthead to join me in the management of all our...
The three central actors turn in competent, entertaining performances. Burger's light tone softens his earnestness, and he delivers his funny lines without overdoing them. Cooper's Jim is similarly understated, which is essential considering the succession of rapid emotional trials he experiences. Swearingen's straightforward Maxine is also entertaining...