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...there on a visit. She lives there, or she has. She reminds us of what the real world at night looks like, full of bright light but also sour light and scenes that wouldn't sell much cologne. Friends on the toilet is one of her subthemes. So are blunt sex and bad housekeeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PHOTOGRAPHY: SHOTS THROUGH THE HEART | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

...third alternative, forged among centrist environmentalists, Governor Angus King and the big landowners, emerged in June to blunt both extremes. Under the Compact for Maine's Forests, big timber companies could clear-cut no more than 1% of their land each year, and the maximum allowable clear-cut would shrink from 250 to 75 acres. More important in the long run, they would abide by voluntary standards to preserve sustainable levels of tree harvesting, and protect soil, water and biodiversity. The compact also would create a compliance system managed by independent auditors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIGHTING FOR THE FORESTS | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

Siemans does an excellent job conveying the complex character of Jerry. As he leaps around the stage, his monologue moves rapidly from rambling narration to blunt social commentary to moments of intense rage. Still, behind all of this anger is a man searching for love and understanding. This is best illustrated by, as Jerry puts it, "The Story of Jerry and the Dog," a tale about his relationship with his landlady's dog. The story, like the play itself, begins humorously but ends tragically. The unusual way in which Jerry seeks love serves only to push others away, further isolating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Comedy (and Tragedy) Tonight at Adams Pool | 10/10/1996 | See Source »

...last year, losing 17 lbs. and complaining afterward of the "cultural isolation" he felt while aloft. Lucid found that she was sometimes treated like a second-class passenger. Her crewmates occasionally left Mir to conduct maintenance outside. When they did, they placed red tape over the communications panel, a blunt sign to their guest that she was not to fool with a system they assumed she did not understand. The cultural gulf threatened to get even wider when a ranking officer in the Russian space program suggested that the space station should be tidier with Lucid aboard because "we know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARATHON WOMAN | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...BLUNT Republican--Missouri 7th Aided by a war chest nearly 10 times the size of his opponent's, Blunt took 65% of the vote in this staunch G.O.P. district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEET THE NEW FRESHMEN | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

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