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Afterward he contended, "I'm not smart enough to really have the words to describe my feelings." But he is wise enough to know when a picture needs no caption, such as the tableau of the two Roses and the endless cycle that survives even plagues. "He's a good boy," Rose said. "Nobody's going to get mad at him if he can't get 2,000, 3,000 hits." He shot Petey a sharp look. "But you better." Rose did not stop at recruiting his son to chase after him. When the Padres' Tony Gwynn, 25, reached first...
...sings a batch of new songs for the movie, plays Jareth the Goblin King, a baddie who lives at the center of a maze and turns human babies into goblins. Most of the other characters are part of a new Hensonagerie that includes Ludos, Wild Things and a wise man with a bird growing out of his head. All delightfully different. "Henson's understanding of what children want to see and laugh at is quite eerie," says the pop star. "I've never worked with an eight-year-old director before. It's wonderful...
...discovery adds to the inexplicable. Or he might represent the last gasp of a class (European, intellectual, well-to-do) that is being smothered by the rise of the masses. None of the possible interpretations seems as interesting as the novel's deceptively plain but beguiling language. The wise reader of Mr. Palomar might best adopt a strategy that the hero formulates but fails to follow: "Perhaps the first rule I must impose on myself is this: stick to what...
...longer have to grit our teeth anymore when some wise guy asks us what exit we live off. Just think of Bruce and his odes to Jersey highways. Look them straight in the eye and say, "Exit 38 off Route 287. It's really a great exit. Bruce even has a reference to it in one of his songs...
...colleagues in the department also hope she won't leave. "I hope we don't lose too much of her time, because she's been a very wise member of the department," says Pilbeam...