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What happens, of course, is little old Michael's got to dance and sing the Evil Queen and her whip-cracking tinpan entourage into an early grave. And the forces of Music and Light oblige him, transforming Huston into a doe-eyed Greek goddess. It's a happy ending, sure. But with that mayonnaise-in-her-veins look of Nirvana on her kisser, you kinda sorta miss the spitting-spider Evil Queen...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: KID IN A CANDYSHOP: | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

Wright, who turns 64 this month, will have formidable help among the House leadership. Succeeding him as majority leader is former Majority Whip Tom Foley, 57, of Washington. Replacing Foley as whip will be Tony Coelho, 44, of California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outspoken Speaker | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

...tall and thin, wears glasses, and looks like he'd be more at home in a library than in a pit full of poisonous snakes. He seems perfectly comfortable in a tie and suspenders, and it's hard to imagine him in boots and bush hat, carrying a whip...

Author: By Jennifer L. Mnoookin, | Title: Dirty Hands in Foreign Lands | 11/13/1986 | See Source »

Option B: Locking the sophomores into a room with Mistress Lucrezia (skilled in the arts of the horse whip and 18-hour leather girdle) for one whole evening...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: The Lords of Discipline | 11/13/1986 | See Source »

...Senate than the hurriedly drafted anti-drug bill. When public opinion polls showed rising concern over drugs, both Senate and House members wanted to pass new laws that would sweep "crack" off the streets and help the legislators keep their seats in November. "This is war," said House Republican Whip Trent Lott, using the preferred metaphor. But war is expensive, and as much as the lawmakers wanted to go to battle, they could not find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government By Gimmick | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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