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Despite their past affection for Mayor Frank Jordan, San Francisco voters seem poised to turn him out of office. Polls show Willie Brown, the flamboyant former speaker of the California Assembly, leading by twenty points heading into Tuesday's runoff mayoral election. San Francisco bureau chief David Jackson notes that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WINNING THE CITY'S HEART | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

And yet Americans have been doing just that. We have made writers such as Barbara DeAngelis, author of the New York Times #1 bestselling book, Are You the One For Me?, if not emotionally secure, certainly very rich. Subtitled "Knowing Who's Wrong and Deciding Who's Right," this volume...

Author: By Nancy S. Park, | Title: Men Are Not From Mars | 12/8/1995 | See Source »

Sharon Stone's presence on screen at times outweighs even de Niro's. She is perfectly suited to play the local hustler, Ginger, who has everyone in her back pocket, and never passes up the opportunity to make a buck. Her only weakness is a completely unexplained affection for her...

Author: By Jon Bonanno, | Title: A Price For Every Greedy Pleasure | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

Evangelical novels are brought out mostly by religious publishers located outside the publishing capital of New York City. The books typically cost less than popular secular fiction. Other differences are hard to miss. Sex is not allowed below the eyes. (Fraught gazes carry great weight here, not only conveying love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: THE ALMIGHTY TO THE RESCUE | 11/13/1995 | See Source »

The diaristic aspect of photography also appears in the work of Shellburne Thurber. She thinks of her photography as "not only an act of connecting to people but of locking things down." Memory and the expression of affection are integral parts of her work.

Author: By Roland Tan, | Title: Tracing Boston's Gay Artist Culture | 11/2/1995 | See Source »

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