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...Absolute Power, the Leader of the Free World, the heir of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, almost kills a paramour during rough sex and then aids in the cover-up. In the summer's hot title Exclusive, the President of the United States murders the baby his girlfriend refused to abort. In the film Escape from L.A., the Chief Executive orders the assassination of his own daughter, while in the movie version of Primary Colors, John Travolta is slated to play the lyin', cheatin' and stealin' First Stud. By today's standards of popular culture, Richard Nixon was a saint. Jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TROUBLE WITH CHARACTER | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...against the advice of her doctor, she had sex shortly after taking fertility drugs. This event would have been noteworthy enough, but Allwood reportedly had neglected to mention the drugs to her boyfriend, who had a family elsewhere. Pro-life groups rallied to her side when she refused to abort any of the fetuses. She argued that she didn't want to choose which ones would die. But her reluctance may also have been due to News of the World. She sold the story of the impending births to the tab, and there had been speculation it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 14, 1996 | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

LONDON: British anti-abortion activists emerging from court with an order preventing a woman from aborting one of her twins were greeted with the news that the abortion has already taken place. The 28-year-old single mother had said she wanted to abort of one of her unborn twins on the grounds that she can cope financially with one, but not two more babies. The news unleashed a flood of donations -->