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He has the attention span of an eight-year-old. Fifteen minutes of work on his material and he's getting antsy. The Palm Springs spread is, like Disneyland, made to be toured, and Hope is soon whisking the visitor over his domain, stopping one minute to show off...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The All-American Wisecracker | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

Whatever the obstacles, telecommuting seems particularly rich with promise for millions of women who feel tied to the home because of young children. Sarah Sue Hardinger has a son, 3, and a daughter three months old; the computer in her cream-colored stucco house in South Minneapolis is surrounded by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Computer Moves In | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

Contrary to popular opinion, two weeks of unrequested and undesired practice does not a perfect team make. There is a certain level of diminishing returns to practice, especially for a group hungry for game experience and antsy to compete.

Author: By John Rippey, | Title: Here We Go Again | 4/17/1982 | See Source »

But the Democratic leaders had shrewdly calculated just the right amount of spending that a majority of the party would tolerate before the package fell apart. Explained House Democratic Whip John Brademas: "The liberals are unhappy because they didn't get as much as they want. We take the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Budget Battle | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

Drach contrives to make anyone who might remain unmoved feel like a Philistine and a bigot. At the outset he resorts to the sophomore's trick of putting all possible objections into the mouths of nitwits. An antsy cameraman asks rather perceptively, "What was so special about your childhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pogrom Practices | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

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