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...star actor -- Kevin Costner, say -- plays a character whom the moviegoer recognizes as Kevin Costner: flinty, rural, resourceful. Baldwin, so far, has enjoyed playing a broad range of roles that engage audiences' interest but not always their sympathy. Decent husband, psycho killer, corporate meanie, hero spy. Like a superior salesman, Baldwin displays his wares without revealing himself. Several directors have called him a chameleon, but McTiernan stresses that "Alec goes further. He gets his freedom by keeping you guessing about who he is. It's a function of his intelligence. Give him a toehold, and he'll scamper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alec Baldwin: The Hunk from Red October | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

First round action involves a best-of-three series between the following pairings: North Dakota (27-11-4) at Boston University (21-14-2), Bowling Green (25-15-2) at Maine (31-9-2), Alaska-Anchorage (17-9-2) at Lake Superior St. (31-8-3) and Clarkson (21-9-3) at Minnesota...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Swimmers Named All-League | 3/15/1990 | See Source »

Make your own list. This intolerance -- the only form of discrimination designed to protect the discriminator's sanity -- is a natural reflex that can be trained. The individual's list of recusals conforms to his interests and prejudices. Customized recusal is superior to those presumptuous recitals, regularly published by Women's Wear Daily and others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Let Us Recuse Ourselves Awhile | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

Last week the former rebels received pardons from the Superior Tribunal of Bogota for the two incidents, and the panel promised similar documents for 33 other M-19 members. Still, neither rebel leader stands much chance of winning election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia: The Politics Of Pardons | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...roommates are threatening to turn me in to the Bureau of Study Counsel. They keep saying, "Half the solution is admitting the problem," but I think they are just jealous of my superior hand-eye coordination and sense of spatial relations...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: Confessions of a TETRIS Junkie | 2/28/1990 | See Source »

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