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A champ is expected to be a role model: a monster at work, a gentleman at play. But Tyson also needed to live out the fight fan's fantasy -- and maybe his own -- that he is the world's roughest, meanest, baddest stud. His worst offense may be in believing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mike Tyson: Tragedy of An Ex-Champ | 8/26/1991 | See Source »

For his great invention, Mullis got nothing more than a one-time $10,000 bonus from his former employer, Cetus. Today he works and lives out of rented rooms on a beach near San Diego. A consultant for biotech firms, he lectures and plays as much as he can. His...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last of The Great Tinkerers | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

Or, perhaps, a woman who has had a taste of revenge and would like to gulp down more of it. Believing that no one is likely to accept their account of what happened in the parking lot, Thelma and Louise decide they have no choice but to make a run...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gender Bender Over Thelma & Louise | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

Here too, it turns out, the public is more realistic about the limits of power. Far from being a victim of his own success, the President seems to float high above the domestic problems, insulated even from disapproval of his own policies. The TIME/CNN survey found that only 39% of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Postwar Mood: Making Sense of The Storm | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

"The guys played great out there because they never stopped believing in themselves," Harvard Coach Steve Piltch said.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exhilaration, Angst, Glory And Suffering in 1990-91 | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

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