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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...presidential candidate who drives a 1984 car has my vote! Bill Bradley speaks to the goodness of the American people." JOHN MARTIN West Hartford, Conn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 25, 1999 | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...conformity or his life. Incapable of sleeping with his wife Beatrice (soprano Catherine Malfitano) and tortured by his dark longing for his niece, Eddie finds himself similarly ostracized by his fellow immigrants--a situation that allows Bolcom to deploy his chorus to galvanizing effect. View is among the first American operas to take as a theme the immigrant experience, and Bolcom, 61, is just the man to forge a musical language appropriate to the task. A prime mover in the ragtime revival of the 1960s, he has long been up to his ears in vernacular music, lavishly stirring it into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doo-Wop And Knife Fights | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...Canada have more than a passing interest in the future President of the U.S. Please elect the type of individual who will represent the spirit of freedom of choice for all. Why do the American people continue to be inundated with secondhand intellects in the theater of American politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 25, 1999 | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...media seem genuinely affected by Bradley's quixotic idealism. You reported that Bradley can get "cranky" on the campaign trail. Thank God! Any candidate who could endure the American political circus and not get cranky doesn't deserve my vote. Further proof for this 26-year-old that the Bradley revolution is real is that Bradley is not only "The Man Who Could Beat Gore," he is, quite simply, the Man. JOSEPH BEYER North Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 25, 1999 | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...slavery and race has been fundamental in America's development. A successful outcome was achieved only through dedication and sacrifice. The first stage was the abolition of slavery, the source of great shame. The next step was an end to legal segregation, and then the guarantee to all Americans of the right to vote. The final stage was equal access to capital for everyone. Dr. King led the 20th century drive to transform American culture. He fought to end segregation by changing the law. If Dr. King had not succeeded and Congress had not passed the 1965 Voting Rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 100: Who Should Be the Person of the Century? | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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