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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first, director Roger Kaplan seems to be aiming for minimalism, a severe understatement that admirably suits the grim plot. The characters wear black and wander around their comfortable living room (Quincy's unadorned common room) with the same aimless ferocity that characterizes their power games. Hedda (Julie Cohen), newly married to the buffoonish George Tesman (Curt Raffi), is bitter and trapped, seeking to find artistic fulfillment by manipulating the men around her. In the few days that follow her return with Tesman from their honeymoon, Hedda gradually becomes twisted in her own plots, trapped by the circumstances that once made...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Power Shortage | 11/9/1983 | See Source »

...victory today will keep the Crimson's title hopes alive, but a loss would banish the team from the Ivy race, leaving it to wander vampire-like through the rest of its schedule sucking blood from teams that still have a chance...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Things That Go Bump | 10/22/1983 | See Source »

Harvard puts too much emphasis on corporate and tax law, rather than personal liability law, Nader assorted. He advised students to "wander in and around prisons, courtrooms, factories, down to he docks--see what it does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nader Talks | 10/15/1983 | See Source »

...some commercial carriers wander from their flight paths deliberately. Shortly before the U.S. withdrew Aeroflot's landing rights at New York and Washington in 1981, after the military crackdown in Poland, the Soviet carrier was a notorious offender, frequently entering off-bounds airspace in the U.S. Two Aeroflot planes passed over New England military installations, including the U.S. Navy shipyards at Groton, Conn., where work was under way on a new nuclear submarine. Both carried passengers-and possibly spy cameras or electronic eavesdropping equipment. Lot, the Polish carrier, and the Czechoslovak line, CSA, Government also wandered into restricted zones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rules of the Game | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...understand why Americans want to leave their own beautiful country, which has everything. Why prowl about expensive London or wander through old castles and ruined coliseums, when close at hand you have bright, invigorating scenes? I have made five trips to the U.S. and loved every minute. I am pushing 90, but still hope to reach Idaho before fate cries halt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 15, 1983 | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

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