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...quintessential yuppie drama for the '80s had begun to grow a bit thin and self-indulgent as the new decade dawned. But with its end drawing near and character crises mounting -- a cancer scare, a sudden death -- the show revealed that it was made of sterner stuff. No network series has captured a milieu with such uncompromising fidelity. And Homefront is no substitute...
...quintessential yuppie drama for the '80s had begun to grow a bit thin and self-indulgent as the new decade dawned. But with its end drawing near and character crises mounting -- a cancer scare, a sudden death -- the show revealed that it was made of sterner stuff. No network series has captured a milieu with such uncompromising fidelity. And Homefront is no substitute...
Back in the late 1950s, Stuart Ressler was one of the eager young scientists trying to crack the genetic code of the DNA molecule. In the mid-'80s, he works the night shift for a computer billing outfit in Brooklyn. What brought Ressler to this dead-end job? That is only one of the questions posed and answered by this demanding, dazzling novel. Also on display are two love stories, two intertwined narratives, vast erudition and a white-knuckled, suspense-filled investigation into the meaning of life...
...80s America obsessed over kitchens: literally billions were spent on preparation islands, cherry-wood cupboards, customized appliance corrals and elaborate Viking ranges. But these days the attention of house-proud homeowners has marched down the hall to -- would you believe? -- the bathroom, which has suddenly become a place to relax, to exercise, even to entertain...
...News. The Times Herald publisher, John Buzzetta, said he decided to shut down the paper after approaching more than 100 potential investors during the past year and finding no takers. The rival papers were equivalent in size as recently as the 1970s, but the weak Texas economy of the '80s eroded the strength of the afternoon paper...