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...love is of man's life a thing apart," wrote Byron in Don Juan; " 'Tis woman's whole existence." Dan's fling is of Dan's marriage a thing apart. He can shrug off the sentiment as he showers off the sweat. No love for Alex, no guilt toward Beth. Thanks, hon, gotta run. After all, as he tells Alex, he's happily married; he has a six-year-old girl; "I'm lucky." When Alex pops the question -- "So what are you doing here?" -- he figures he can squirm out of it. But Dan has underestimated her fatal attraction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Killer! Fatal Attraction strikes gold as a parable of sexual guilt | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

Hite is not alone in observing the demise of the notion that love " 'tis woman's whole existence," as Byron once put it. "The old female tendency to put all her eggs in the love basket has been muted," says Columnist Ellen Goodman. One by-product of this adjustment, thinks Goodman, is greater reliance by women on other women for friendship -- an observation that accords with Hite's. Psychologist Carin Rubenstein, co-author of the Redbook study, also finds this trend striking. "I've heard women say, 'Maybe I should date my husband and live with my best friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Back Off, Buddy | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...Dancing Lessons. 'Tis the season of formals, and if your dancing steps could use a little brushing up, Arthur Murray Dance Studio (364 Boylston) offers an introductory package of three lessons for $10. But if your partner needs more guidance than that give him or her Dance World's extensive $360 12-week course in ballroom dancing...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: 26 Ways to Say `Merry Christmas' | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

...INNOVATE or not to innovate? 'Tis it nobler to experiment with the basic texts of English theater or to remain faithful to the immortal words of the Bard? Lisa Freinkel's production of Macbeth answers these questions with resounding indecision. Actors in odd costumes stride about on a modishly surreal set, but the performance never takes us anywhere we haven't been before...

Author: By Jefferson S. Chase, | Title: Saucy Doubts and Fears on the Mainstage | 11/21/1986 | See Source »

...TIS THE WITCHING season in the good town of Cambridge. Trees are turning Halloween colors. Pumpkins gape from neighborhood porchstoops. And all the folks on the streets you find, from the youngest ragamuffins to the oldest, tenured curmudgeons, are sporting their naughtiest Jack Nicholson smiles...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: Halloween Syllabus | 10/30/1986 | See Source »

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