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Alice, not aware of his impending arrival, had mailed him a long letter. When they met in Buffalo, Alice did not tell him what she had said in that letter. The reunion was uncomfortable.... What Alice had wanted Andy to know and had implied in her letter, but could not...

Author: By John P. Oconnor, | Title: Talk of the Town | 3/20/1984 | See Source »

Thriller has been the No. 1 album for 33 weeks. It is the bestselling album, of any kind, of all time. Keep in mind that, as Jackson's attorney John Branca points out, "Michael has the highest royalty rate in the business." That translates into approximately $2 for each of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why He's a Thriller | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

His supreme self-confidence (he is doubt less the only White House official who cuts his own hair) is accompanied by a razor-sharp intellect. In 1982, during the impending crisis in Social Security funding, Darman suggested forming a bipartisan commission to put the system on more solid financial footing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Left-Hand man | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

The impending change was almost universally bemoaned in the New Journalistic community, which had been well-represented in Harper's during the two year reign of former editor Michael Kinsley. During Kinsley's tenure the magazine had been witty, controversial, and occasionally profound as it attempted to revive the essay...

Author: By Theodore P. Friend, | Title: HARPER'S: Not So Bizarre | 3/3/1984 | See Source »

The movie begins with a closeup of feet--bare feet, mud-covered feet, crippled feet--in short, feet in their most humble form. It then expands to show a procession of peasants trudging across a barren, almost lunar landscape of huge rocks and cracked terrain. Immediately we see that we...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: Above the Language Barrier | 2/17/1984 | See Source »

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