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...Porter lyric, now and then a touch of the bodice-ripper; or when flying high, of Evelyn Waugh--a soigne escapism that is a parody of sophistication, so bad that it is great fun. All that literary ingenuity gone to sell clothes in the mail...and to end up bankrupt, besides. Sunt lacrimae rerum, as an unforgettable 'Cliffie whispered to me that night in the Club Mt. Auburn, just before Joanie Baez came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times At J. Peterman | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

This is not a morally bankrupt notion. In fact, there are obvious biblical resonances: original sin, the flesh is weak and so on. The anti-Clinton vengeance seekers claim to hate the sin while loving the sinner, but their hatred of the sinner is so obvious and so extreme that it even casts doubt on how much they actually hate the sin. Most people don't even pretend to love this particular sinner. But they see how a guy can go from succumbing to momentary temptation to lying about it to a grand jury, and they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outrage That Wasn't | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...attorney were not returned.) The proposed lawsuit will contend that government monitors failed to do their job overseeing the Carey administration and, "as a result," says a source close to the suit, "more than $20 million of taxpayer money was wasted on one election and the union went bankrupt." If Hoffa is successful, the Teamsters may be in for a windfall. Under racketeering statutes, successful plaintiffs can recover as much as triple the damages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State Of The Union | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

...last week's report certainly isn't good news for women who are suing implant makers, especially since the experts' videotaped testimony will now be played before judges and juries hearing their cases. Suddenly, the offer made last month by bankrupt implant maker Dow Corning to pay settlements of $12,000 to $300,000 in exchange for dropping the lawsuits may look a lot more appealing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burst Balloon | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...attorney were not returned.) The proposed lawsuit will contend that government monitors failed to do their job overseeing the Carey administration and, "as a result," says a source close to the suit, "more than $20 million of taxpayer money was wasted on one election and the union went bankrupt." If Hoffa is successful, the Teamsters may be in for a windfall. Under racketeering statutes, successful plaintiffs can recover as much as triple the damages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoffa Takes Charge of the Teamsters | 12/13/1998 | See Source »

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