Word: tinier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BATMAN. The summer's blockbuster comes to video stores this week. Finally, the handful of people who still haven't seen Batman will be able to explain its appeal to the even tinier (but discerning) group who find the film slow, murky, uninvolving and -- except for its visual grandeur, which may be lost on the small screen -- witless...
Among the millions of photographs taken every day, a select few will rank as great photojournalism. An even tinier category will merit appreciation as fine art. Those are the images that intrigue associate editor Richard Lacayo, who serves as TIME's photography critic besides writing in the magazine's Nation section. Years before Lacayo decided to pursue an English major at Cornell, he became fascinated with photography when he picked up a secondhand volume of Henri Cartier-Bresson's work at a neighborhood bookshop on New York's Long Island. "I was about 14 years old," says Lacayo...
...Bailey, Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz, and Wyoming lawyer Gerry Spence have all brought their legal battles from the courtroom to the book stores. As the most romanticized bailiffs, criminal defense lawyers have led this charge though they represent only a small fraction of all lawyers. A still tinier minority work as public defenders representing the accused who can't afford an F. Lee Bailey's legal fees or pique the legal interest of a scholar like Dershowitz...
Until this fall community activity focused on such "macro issues." according to Francis M. Duchay '55 a city Councillor and resident of nearby West Cambridge. "We did not concentrate on the tinier, quality of life issues" like pinball and liquor licensing. While certain groups have fought specific licensing decisions in the past this tall is the first time they've done the policy analysis and the kind of research which has allowed them to make more coherent conclusions." Duchay explains...
...learning the value of whole menus that can be cooked in advance. Ready When You Are (Crown; $15.95), by Elizabeth Schneider Colchie, consists entirely of what its author felicitously calls fetes accomplies. Her book presents dishes that need "no last-minute fussing. Turning on the oven and setting a tinier, heating a soup, tossing a salad are tolerable tasks." Laboring over a hot stove in party finery is out. New Yorker Colchie arranges her 32 menus by seasons but appends a number of ad hoc niceties like a Sensuous Birthday Dinner, the Last Outdoor Supper and a Valentine Weekend...