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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard women's softball team, the addition of a little defense and hitting would probably do the trick. And some experience wouldn't hurt either...

Author: By Christopher Sanzone, | Title: Batswomen Bow Twice to Holy Cross | 4/11/1990 | See Source »

...INFLUENCE. A devilish Rob Lowe matches wits with James Spader (sex, lies, and videotape), who plays a computer-nerd Faust in this stylish thriller. Spader, a truly talented actor, accomplishes the rare trick of making the weak good guy seem more interesting than the strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Apr. 9, 1990 | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...TRICK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Critics Who Condescend | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

Michael Frayn is best known for his plays, especially for Noises Off (1983), a classic farce that burned up the box office on both sides of the Atlantic. The Trick of It, his sixth novel, is a swift little breeze of a book that buffets the pretensions of critics who condescend to popular art. Richard is a fussy young teacher at an obscure English university who becomes obsessed with an older, well-known woman novelist -- a figure like Muriel Spark or Anita Brookner. But unlike most of the weedy egotists who make convenient satirical heroes, Richard manages to possess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Critics Who Condescend | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...Dhabi, where the college was hoping for classes on Dickens or Galsworthy. In a final attempt at revenge, he tries his own hand at fiction but cannot find "the gadget that makes it all work, the crystal, the chip, the formula . . ." Five synonyms later, he desists. The trick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Critics Who Condescend | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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