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Ponette is no simple moper. The most sanctified movie masochist since Robert Bresson's Mouchette, she is on her own childhood Calvary, a quest to find her mother in this life or the next. The sight of a child digging furiously into cemetery dirt may upset some viewers; others will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: A REAL SUMMER BREAK | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

It is only with a minimum of nostalgic regret that I mourn the enchanted outer space of my childhood. Comets will always be a white blobs to me, and I no longer idolize astronauts. I have since learned that the exalted Hayden Planetarium's Pink-Floyd-and-astronomy extravaganzas provided...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: The Naked Comet | 4/12/1997 | See Source »

Please don't mistake my argument for a Gingrich-esque nostalgic diatribe. Nor do I mean to present an overly romanticized portrait of Main Street USA complete with smiling postman and a penny candy store. Rather, in an age when the preservation, maintenance and respect of cultures are exalted in...

Author: By Gabriel B. Eber, | Title: Mayberry Is Burning | 2/1/1997 | See Source »

It was surprising that your otherwise comprehensive article on Mary [RELIGION, Dec. 23] failed to mention a central affirmation of Christian liturgy and belief for countless religious people, namely the Magnificat. To quote from Luke 1: "And Mary said ... For behold, henceforth, all generations will call me blessed; for he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 27, 1997 | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

But after a while, it gets to us. Resting on our laurels, we accept our exalted status, scorning deadlines and B-pluses, confident that our superior talents will carry us wherever we want to go. You begin to feel the righteous indignation. What, do you mean I have to apply...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Humbling of the Harvard Man | 12/5/1996 | See Source »

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