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As maliciousness grows increasingly appealing, image has grown increasingly important. Public figures don't necessarily have to be attractive--observe Ross Perot--but they do need charisma. And their every move is subject to hyper-examination. Back in the 1960 Presidential debates, Richard M. Nixon drew scorn for his sweat...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Placed Under a Media Microscope | 7/28/1992 | See Source »

Paul Brock, the hero of Avery Corman's THE BIG HYPE (Simon & Schuster; $19), is a low-profile writer and family man transformed by a Manhattan show- business promoter into a national phenomenon. The money is swell, but Brock wants to cling to his artistic integrity as if it were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Jul. 27, 1992 | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER asks us to believe that the government learned to chemically reanimate dead Vietnam vets and turn them into immortal, radically improved fighting machines. It further posits a squad of these supertroopers running around the U.S. as a rogue police force. It's a whopper, all right. But Jean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Jul. 20, 1992 | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

In appealing to young voters, Democrats have ample room for improvement and face a fair number of obstacles. The history is discouraging--only 29 percent of eligible 18 to 25-year-olds actually cast votes in the 1988 presidential contest, according to the Committee for the Study of the American...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Young Americans | 7/17/1992 | See Source »

Students loans are important to many college-aged Americans, said Jennifer M. Bassuk, a senior at the University of Michigan and a political writer for the Michigan Daily. Clinton's proposal for a "domestic G.I. Bill," which would provide student loans regardless of financial need, is appealing now because, Bassuk...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Young Americans | 7/17/1992 | See Source »

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