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...served here for six terms in a real political arena, which tests somebody's metal," Pierce told The Crimson in an interview late last year. "I know how to articulate our message, and I've gone toe-to-toe with Democratic leaders...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Minority Leader Hits Right Note | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

...someone what this show was about, the chances are good that the answer will be a shrug. We examine the title. References to and images of straight lines do recur throughout the show. One actor tells us it takes four straight lines to play tic-tac-toe. Another says enormous straight lines, only visible from the air, were drawn on the ground in ancient times, possibly as runways for aliens. We learn language and letters have straight lines...

Author: By Caroline S. Chaffin, | Title: Relying on Imagery, Teaching Patience: Straightlines Opens Experimental Theater Season | 3/2/1990 | See Source »

...Hollywood star quality. "There's no sense of a crest in Tom," says Hoffman, who won an Oscar as Cruise's brother in Rain Man. "His talent is young, his body is young, his spirit is young. He's a Christmas tree -- he's lit from head to toe." Newman, who played Cruise's mentor in The Color of Money, considers the young actor's competitors and says, "Tom may be the only survivor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...from Moscow to Washington with a far-reaching plan for binding together the two Germanys. By declaring his wish for a "confederation" of his country and East Germany just days before the Malta summit, Kohl pushed to the fore the issue that nearly everyone else would like to tippy-toe around, preferably for as long as possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: Kohl Takes On Topic A | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...unanswerable questions of children are treated with dignity and humor in Does God Have a Big Toe? (Harper & Row; $14.95). Marc Gellman, a rabbi, patiently retells Bible stories from a youthful view: Noah said to his friend, "You know, Jabal, this might be a very good time for you to take those swimming lessons you have been talking about for so long." Adam and his wife, Moses and his tablets, Joseph and his coat -- all are here with their moral testaments, made even easier to apprehend with Oscar de Mejo's eloquent landscapes of Eden and afterward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Cats, Myths and Pizza | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

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