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Word: tales (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Umberto Eco's novel, The Name of the Rose, would hardly seem the stuff that a bestseller--or a box-office smash--is made of. Despite a hypnotic murder mystery and a steamy deflowering, down deep it's about a bunch of medieval monks. But this unlikely tale evolves into a fast-paced, captivating piece of cinema...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: A Haunting Rose | 10/3/1986 | See Source »

...been idle. In the dubious tradition of H.R. Haldeman, G. Gordon Liddy and other authors of Watergate fame, Winans has told his story in a new book titled Trading Secrets: Seduction and Scandal at the Wall Street Journal (St. Martin's Press; $17.95). To promote this candid and engrossing tale, the author is on a 13-city tour. Winans is also negotiating to sell film rights to Hollywood Producer Arnold Orgolini, who wants to make a movie "along the lines of All the President's Men." Winans got a $35,000 advance on his book, % and is on the verge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scandals: Cashing in on an Inside Story | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

Take, for example, the tale of two teams...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Future Major H's Hit the Yard | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...disasters would be only slightly longer than War and Peace, so I will just touch on the highlights, the "Nine Circles of Freshman Hell" that await the unwary traveler. True, I missed out on three of the circles; perhaps that's why I am still around to tell the tale...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Guide to Freshman Hell | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...help you" -- but he soon enough acceded to her masochistic desires. Then Frank taught Jeffrey a lesson. He smeared lipstick on his own face, kissed Jeffrey hard on the mouth and beat him senseless. Sandy responds to such revelations like a child at the end of a nightmare fairy tale: "It's a strange world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: It's a Strange World, Isn't It Blue Velvet | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

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