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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...miss the sense of design that used to be there, the kind of actual strenuousness where he'd take up a kind of a problem and work up through it," he say. "It's as though he feels now he's done his work and can play...

Author: By John Ashbery, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Advocate to Avant-Garde: Ashbery Leads Modern Poetry | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...miss the sense of design that used to be there, the kind of actual strenuousness where he'd take up a kind of a problem and work up through it," he say. "It's as though he feels now he's done his work and can play...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Advocate to the Avant-Garde: Ashbery Leads American Poetry | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...wishy-washy who ardently did not want her husband run out of town by Ken Starr but are perfectly happy to have Clinton go quietly when his term ends. If people think Clinton fatigue is going to hurt Al Gore, imagine how much it could hurt an actual Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uh-Oh, the Real First Lady Shows Up | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...demonstrates beyond argument that the Soviet penetration into American life, government, science and industry during the '30s and '40s was deep, thorough and hostile. Venona shows that the American Communist Party was elaborately involved in the spying (though of course only a small minority of party members were actual spies). To fake the Venona traffic would have required a conspiracy involving thousands, working together over many years. Furthermore, the decrypted messages are often verified by other sources. The Soviets and their agents in America thought their coded messages were secure, so they communicated fairly freely--about their penetration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alger, Ales And Joe | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...this element of teenage pranksterism and boorish humor--combined with pictures of women in the sort of bathing suits that would remain on for a millisecond were they ever deployed for actual bathing--that typifies the new breed of men's magazines, among them Gear and Maxim. The latter has become so popular with its twentysomething male audience that it recently spawned an even more vulgar offshoot called Stuff. Stuff endorses products like Belcher soda and flaunts cover lines that leave no doubt about how far the magazine will go to capitalize on feelings of hostility men may possess toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Catering to Cable Guys | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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