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...They say the apple never falls far from the tree. or is it, there's a rotten apple in every barrel? Either way, there aren't enough clich?s in the world to comfort South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, whose All My (Corrupt) Sons soap opera has the politician yearning for the do-nothing end of term to which a lame duck is entitled. Kim's youngest son, high-living L.A. resident Kim Hong Gul, faces charges that he took at least $1.2 million in bribes from local businessmen to facilitate deals. He apologized to his parents and the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

...would sacrifice your remaining dignity misses the central lesson of your presidency: dignity is overrated. Serenading us on Arsenio, talking underwear on MTV, emoting at town meetings--your entire national career was a talk show. You won two terms because you knew that in America power flows through the barrel of a video camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear Bill Clinton, | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...thought he was going to throw a curveball,” Shakir said. “I was looking for it, and I got enough of the barrel on it to drop it in there. It was garbage, but I’ll take...

Author: By Samuel C. Roddenberry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Definition of Clutch | 5/10/2002 | See Source »

...would sacrifice your remaining dignity misses the central lesson of your presidency: dignity is overrated. Serenading us on Arsenio, talking underwear on MTV, emoting at town meetings - your entire national career was a talk show. You won two terms because you knew that in America power flows through the barrel of a video camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Want My Bubba TV! | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...Vidor wanted Ethel Waters to play Chick. (Daniel L. Haynes, the baritone who brings a barrel of robust charm to the role of Zeke, was a sort of road-company Robeson.) But Waters - or Honey Brown, whom Vidor fired and replaced with McKinney - couldn't have sold sexuality, with all its lures, all its destructiveness, the way Nina did. Before deserting Zeke for the last time, Chick douses his suspicions of her infidelity by walking toward him and purring, "Let cha baby sit on yo' lap and make ya feel so good." She takes a heavy breath before the word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Basic Black | 4/24/2002 | See Source »

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