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Elizabeth Dole knew how to network before it became a verb. In her first job after Harvard, she joined the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and buttonholed its Secretary in the halls to ask ingratiating questions about Washington. Next she set her sights on consumer advocacy, lobbying James Goddard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIDDY MAKES PERFECT | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

But then tornadoes have long been known for their capricious behavior. The same twists of wind that can derail trains and rip up pavement can be surprisingly gentle. Says National Weather Service meteorologist Donald Burgess: "I've seen a phonograph record driven through a telephone pole, and the record wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF TWISTERS | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

Still, says Dr. William Fair, head of the urology division at Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, "prostate cancer is beginning to come out of the closet. Fifteen or 20 years ago, you couldn't even mention the word prostate in polite mixed company." Indeed, popular awareness of prostate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MAN'S CANCER | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

Bill and Hillary's move to the Governor's mansion in January 1979 did little to ease these anxieties. He confided in Susan McDougal that he loved being Governor: "This is fun. Women are throwing themselves at me. All the while I was growing up, I was the fat boy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BLOOD SPORT: A DEAL GONE BAD | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

Director Meredith Wills stages the play against the backdrop of the 1940s; it is a story of love and betrayal, which are relevant in any time period. In this production, the ailing King (Bob Kim '97) seems more like a president than a monarch, and is reminiscent of the well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Ends' Justify Quincy's Means | 3/14/1996 | See Source »

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