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...first task was to find the police station in Central Square. This is not exactly the time in Cambridge to stand in the middle of a crowded intersection and ask, "Where's the nearest police station?" So I had to wander around for a little while before found...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: A Liberal Education | 9/26/1992 | See Source »

...inhabitants wander aimlessly and joblessly; its Ridgecrest Mall, once the paragon of consumer culture, is mostly in plyboards. Tyler's dream world of the Sharper Image turned into a Woolworth's going-out-of-Business sale overnight...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Lots of Luster, Not Much Body | 8/7/1992 | See Source »

...spot where Jan Palach set himself on fire for Czechoslovak freedom in 1969, the spot where Havel laid flowers in 1989 and was arrested for the deed. Now a deadpan sword swallower resembling Leonid Brezhnev draws a crowd of American children, and punkers with spiked Mohawk haircuts wander the medieval lanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Cherish A Certain Hope: VACLAV HAVEL | 8/3/1992 | See Source »

Katz conceived his book as a "saga of the sort usually found in novels," and that is what he delivers brilliantly. In a morbidly fascinating chapter for each year from 1945 to 1990, the Gordon daughters and son wander into every haunted house they catch a glimpse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: House Of Pain, Place of Denial | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...visitors: the interior could be oppressive and maddeningly hermetic. Now, for the first time, the museum has complexity as well as sheer monomaniacal power. You can still keep to Wright's relentless ramp, but now you can also break away at four different levels into the new building and wander the loftlike galleries freely. Gwathmey has opened up the place, clearing away clutter and creating dozens of new architectural moments -- glimpses of Central Park, comfortably arm's-length views of the great ramp itself, details of the Wright building freshly revealed. Gwathmey unabashedly believes that he has unveiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finally Doing Right By Wright | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

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