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...Schlesinger's role in the Watergate affair was significant--from February to July of 1973, Schlesinger was director...

Author: By Frederick H. Turner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Man in the Gray Suit: Schlesinger Leads Unassuming Political Life | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...describes the King of the Franks, who died in 814, as a "lusty" man who "loved to swim." As luck would have it, she says she met up with him again in this lifetime, reincarnated as the late Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme. She reports the two had an affair and though they "fit in every way," he was concerned about how the press would perceive their union. If journalists had known it was a relationship that had withstood 1,200 or so years, surely they would have been understanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 29, 2000 | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

...Zealand, the Elian Gonzalez affair seems almost like a soap opera [NATION, May 8]. It has drama, sadness and is sometimes comical. But one needs to go back to the beginning to understand the plot: the differences between the U.S. and Cuba. The aborted invasion of Cuba by the U.S. at the Bay of Pigs is long past, and perhaps it is now time for both countries to sort out their problems and move forward. It will take some strong leadership on both sides. But it is possible that the Elian affair could act as the catalyst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 29, 2000 | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

...ashamed of my party for not supporting Reno. Cubans in America should be glad that we have laws and that they have the same rights and responsibilities as other Americans. Elian was used by the Cuban community in Miami, by politicians, by lawyers and by Castro. The whole affair was a pathetic display of human selfishness. KEN CAMMENGA Hudsonville, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 22, 2000 | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...Doorstep," set in a Japanese-occupied village at the end of World War II. Taiwan's Edward Yang was named Best Director for his stately domestic drama, "A One and a Two." The Best Actor prize went to Tong Leung Chiu-wai, as a cuckolded husband considering an affair with lustrous Maggie Cheung in Wong Kar-wai's Hong Kong period romance "In the Mood for Love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bjork Is a Bjerk, and Other News From Cannes | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

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