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OBSESSION. De Palma again-this time in a romantic mood. The story of a man given a chance to reclaim a love he thought irretrievably lost and to expiate a dreadful guilt-strains credulity. But the director's fluid technique and his gift for ravishing imagery-underscored by the...
There will be no security in a world whose obsession with peace leads to appeasement. But neither will there be security in a world in which mock tough rhetoric and the accumulation of arms are the sole measure of competition. We can spare no effort to bequeath to future generations...
Networks argue that if their evening news shows were given more time, they would become more than animated headline services and could provide more depth and nuance. The argument has not been put to the test because the networks have been unable to persuade local affiliates to extend network news...
I could show you my favorite obsession:
Beard's Roman Women is openly autobiographical--doctors once gave Burgess only months to live, his wife unexpectedly died instead--and perhaps that explains the grim tone. But the novel never surmounts a cloying obsession with slow death and supernatural reincarnation; in the end, Burgess offers only black humor and...