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...rather well, judging from the clothing she wears) from the crazed sex maniacs who roam the boulevard. And no matter what, despite three years of rather profitable business, none of the vice squad seems to have ever seen Angel before. Such issues are peripheral to the more critical plot twist--the mad (what else) necrophiliac who alternately pumps iron and chops up young women after making love to their corpses...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: Angelic Trash | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...dramatic maelstrom was the latest experimental project by veteran student director William G. Rauch '84, But the show has one more twist: the three plays are being shown a third at a time. The second part will be shown before spring break, and the third at the beginning of reading period...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: Cinderella Meets Macbeth and Medea | 2/14/1984 | See Source »

...Adderly to decide whether criminal charges should be pressed, and against whom. Pindling may not wait that long. It is widely expected that he will try to bolster confidence in his government by calling for general elections. If he loses, his tenure will end in an ironic twist: he came to power in 1967 amid a corruption scandal that implicated members of the previous administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bahamas: Pot Shots | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...line. During the space walks, the astronauts will practice snaring Solar Max by hooking themselves onto the SPAS. But this is not as easy as it sounds. In zero-g, obtaining leverage is exasperatingly difficult. For example, in using a screwdriver, an astronaut is as likely to twist as the screw. While they are working on SPAS, the astronauts will hook their feet in a restraint attached to the end of the remote-controlled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Flying the Seatless Chair | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...could kiss his pony but not his gal, the new auto-cowboys make much of caressing the curves of their hoods.) The latest incarnation of the car as creature is NBC's Knight Rider, a computerized, talking Trans Am that is a lineal descendant (with a slight Freudian twist) of the grouchy 1928 Porter that haunted Jerry Van Dyke in My Mother the Car. Sleek and soigne, the car (with the sexually ambiguous name of Kitt) engages in flirty repartee with its pretty-boy driver, Michael Knight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Cars, Computers and Coptermania | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

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