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When she was violently excited I could breathe in the smell of that plant... what is its name? ... one of the pea family, with pink flowers ... that blondes give out when they sweat." For the child's seducer, even the surrounding countryside seems suffused with his desire: "I was listening to the noise of the wind which ... was sobbing under the doors and bringing us through the open windows-it was very mild-a poignant smell from the terrace outside-the smell of dampness before rain, of flowers when the season of flowers is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cornucopia | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

When this show starts dancing, it does just fine. Danny Daniels' spunky chorus line works up a lovely sweat in one number (Fabulous Feet) that piles climax upon exhilarating climax; in another (Dance if It Makes You Happy), Willie dreams of tapping his cares away in the company of Bojangles, Astaire and the entire MGM back lot. Battle, a natural-born Broadway stunner, captivates the audience with an electrifying spirit that surges from his head to all ten toes. But the other family members are often deadly serious; they express themselves in Composer Henry Krieger's capacious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Digging for the Roots | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

...Saturday, an Italian ferryboat took 93 wounded P.L.O. fighters to Cyprus with the help of the International Red Cross. As five Greek ships prepared to evacuate Arafat and his remaining troops to Tunisia and North Yemen, Israeli gunboats shelled his positions. Said an Israeli official: "We want him to sweat a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Familiar Fingerprints | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

...guys who put ketchup on hot dogs. For Sudden Impact-Dirty Harry IV, Clint has grown a new worry line: an asp of a blood vessel that snakes across his left temple. Heaven knows he needs it. San Francisco is overrun with thrill-juiced punks and Mafia goons. No sweat, though: Harry has more artillery than the Cubans ever dreamed of stocking on Grenada. Interrupting a stickup in a diner, he aims a Smith & Wesson the size of Mr. T's forearm at an armed robber and grimaces, "Make my day." Then Harry insults a Mob chieftain with such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Season's Bleedings in Tinseltown | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...homes and huge pictures of Lenin covering buildings. Russians are not stereotyped but depicted as ordinary people trying to survive in tightly controlled life styles. The ordinary scenes of Russian life are the natural home for characters like Renko, whose apartment is frugally furnished and whose office reeks of sweat and cigarette smoke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Chilling Trip | 12/15/1983 | See Source »

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