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...from the other. David Engel, for example, was a football player in the film of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. In La Cage he is Hanna from Hamburg, a blond beauty with a taste for sadomasochism. "A stagehand in Boston saw me in my wig, leotards and whip," says Engel, "and said, 'Honey, you can whip me any time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Broadway Out Of the Closet | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

Waters played a pivotal role in the selection of Brown as speaker two years ago, and she remains a trusted lieutenant. She is the majority whip and the only woman on the influential committee that reconciles differing versions of senate-and assembly-passed budgets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fresh Faces for an Old Struggle | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

...were optimistic politicians, though, who saw grounds for hope in the electorate's demonstrated distaste in the June elections for the major parties' malgoverno (bad government). In their view, Craxi has an opportunity to bring a durable change to the pattern of Italian politics. Said Republican Party Whip Adolfo Battaglia: "With Craxi and a brand-new legislature there's a chance for a serious long-term political renewal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Craxi Makes His Move | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

...obscenity but to bless him with the healthful prosperity of generation. That is why, at New Year's, the Nagano Dosojin festivals are children's celebrations, where new life honors the continuance of life. If the rest of the year children throw mud at the deity, or whip it with sticks, or urinate on it, the long-suffering peasant Dosojin will still be cleansed by the festival night fires and will re-emerge to quicken and transform and again unify men's souls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up Among the Roadside Gods:Touring the earth on which paths cross | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

...Sting, 31, the leader and vocalist of rock's hottest group, the Police. In the established tradition of such rockers turned actors as Mick Jagger and Deborah Harry, Sting brings to Dune his own past credits, from Quadrophenia and Brimstone and Treacle. Not to mention an ability to whip himself up into a manic frenzy. He learned that skill for the electric stage acts that have caused the concerts on the Police's upcoming U.S. tour to be sold out just hours after they were announced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 25, 1983 | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

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