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...Flamme barber shop, whose skilledcoiffurists received kudos from the magazine,reacted more enthusiastically. GeorgePapalimberis, the store's proprietor, put hisexcitement succinctly...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard figures Cited As Local Superlatives | 8/14/1992 | See Source »

This ideological and cultural blending strikes some observers as too much of a good thing. Writing in the Atlantic, Rutgers political scientist Benjamin Barber laments what he calls "McWorld." He also identifies the countertrend, the re-emergence of nationalism in its ugliest, most divisive and violent form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: The Birth of the Global Nation | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

Inspired by the seductive majesty of a coiffeuse's half-exposed breast, 12- year-old Antoine discovers his vocation: he will become THE HAIRDRESSER'S HUSBAND. Decades later, in another barber chair, Antoine (Jean Rochefort) meets Mathilde (Anna Galiena), "the woman with whom I knew I'd spend my life." Mathilde knows it too; in his Basset eyes she sees erotic ingenuity and unconditional love. Both are avid for the moment the shop door closes "so we can drown in the ocean of peace we love so much." French director Patrice Leconte, whose fine Monsieur Hire also dealt with romantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Jun. 29, 1992 | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

...those who have any idea that Clinton has put forth a highly detailed program on taxes and the economy, let alone those who have any notion of what his program contains. There is some truth to this, but given public attitudes, it is largely inevitable. Political scientist James David Barber of Duke University observes that many voters say to themselves, "I don't really know what the deficit means. Ido know what adultery means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton: Questions Questions Questions | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

...think it's neat," said Lt. Col. Dan Robertson. "I told my wife, `Hey, Elvis' barber cut my hair...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: The News of the Weird | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

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