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Dates: during 1990-1999
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THINK, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless, of course he is of the Wheatstone Bridgedouble differential CH3C6H2 (NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/17/1990 | See Source »

The spot is a perfect refuge for a remnant of wilting flower children, including Zoyd Wheeler, a part-time keyboard player, handyman and marijuana farmer. Along with his teenage daughter Prairie, Zoyd still mourns the departure and later disappearance of his ex-wife Frenesi, a onetime '60s radical who was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Spores of Paranoia | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

These details establish the absolutely typical Pynchon plot. An evil, well- organized and immensely powerful enemy sows "the merciless spores of paranoia" among a shaggy, lost group of drifting souls who find the real world threatening under the best of circumstances. The intended victims, not all of whom think too...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Spores of Paranoia | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

Facing U.S. drug charges, the deposed Panamanian leader could raise embarrassing questions: What did the President know, and when did he know it? -- How a wily papal nuncio in Panama City outwitted an unwelcome guest. -- A baffling shift in a murder case stirs racial tension in Boston.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Jan. 15, 1990 | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

But Eyes II stands out also for the intelligent, graceful way all this material has been assembled. Each episode has an organizing theme (the movement goes north; the emergence of black pride) and a dramatic arc that builds toward climactic episodes marking key milestones. What makes the series most satisfying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: When The Pot Overflowed | 1/15/1990 | See Source »