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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Conspiracy theories circulated almost immediately, alleging that Foster was murdered because he knew too much. And the Whitewater affair, a minor footnote to the 1992 presidential campaign, was suddenly resurrected in the national media. To a degree that seemed to leave them stunned and at times depressed, the President and First Lady have been buffeted by allegations of scandal, conspiracy and cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ON THE ROAD TO SCANDAL | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

...aromatherapy. Though tabloid stories about her troubles have circulated for years, it was startling to hear the Princess talk freely in the Panorama interview about the times when she suffered from "rampant bulimia" and attempted to mutilate herself: "I just hurt my arms and my legs." Diana acknowledged her affair with James Hewitt, who authorized a tell-all book. The interview also revealed that she has mastered current pop-psych speak: alluding to other women who harm themselves physically, she said, "I'm able to understand completely where they're coming from." Though she claims to have felt worthless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRACTURED FAIRY TALE | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...have quite the divisiveness of the Dreyfus Affair or the O.J. Simpson trial verdict, but the Waleses' divorce has created a passionate split in opinions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

Another cop (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) has an affair with a stewardess he first seduced at 30,000 ft. But when she leaves, he goes amiably nuts, brushing the fur of his stuffed animals, talking to a bar of soap ("You've lost a lot of weight--you need more self-confidence!"). He's just the lost soul for a fast-food cook (punk pixie Faye Wang) who sneaks into his flat each day for some erotomaniacal housecleaning. It's a match made in Hong Kong heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: FIRST JACKIE CHAN, NOW THIS | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

Fitzwater also fielded questions about the ethics of the Iran-contra affair and insisted that the Reagan administration had done nothing illegal by trading weapons with Iran...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Press Secretary Addresses Study Group on Politics, Elections | 3/6/1996 | See Source »

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