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The two men, unfortunately, never break out of their papier-mache molds. One wishes that Mohr, a former stand-up comedian who played Tom Cruise's slick-talking, backstabbing nemesis in "Jerry Maguire," could have lent a little more comic verve to his appealing but bland Mr. Nice Guy. Bacon...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Not Exactly Picture Perfect | 8/8/1997 | See Source »

It would be tempting to assign the Mormons' success in business to some aspect of their theology. The absence of original sin might be seen as allowing them to move confidently and guiltlessly forward. But it seems more likely that both Mormonism's attractiveness to converts and its fiscal triumphs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KINGDOM COME | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

They seem to be part of the subways of New York City, walking meekly up and down the cars, handing out pens and key chains, along with frayed business-size cards that read I AM DEAF. Then they scurry back, ricocheting from post to post as they silently gather up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUFFERING IN SILENCE | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

In Milan, however, the home of Italian fashion, the company's image could stand a bit of polishing. In May a Milan criminal court sentenced Santo to a 14-month suspended jail term after finding him guilty of bribing police to obtain favorable tax audits for the company. (Leaders of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL THE VERSACE FASHION EMPIRE SURVIVE? | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

Fortunately, Capra, over at Columbia, found in Stewart "the uncommon common man": as a lion tamer of the wild Vanderhof clan in You Can't Take It with You and as Jefferson Smith, patron saint of patriotic lost causes, nurser of noble grudges, in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. David...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A WONDERFUL FELLA: JAMES STEWART, 1908-1997 | 7/14/1997 | See Source »

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