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...this official rah-rahism hides a blur of stubborn uncertainties. Atlanta, to an uncanny degree, is embodied by its amorphous, computer-generated, somewhat indeterminate Olympic mascot, Whatizit. The city seems a Whereizit that is both Southern and Northern, global and provincial, black run and white dominated--a liberal conservative small town done up in a three-piece suit. The two phrases most closely associated with Atlanta are, after all, "I have a dream" and "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A HOST OF CONTRADICTIONS | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

Your Senate leave taking provided that most satisfying of political moments, when the words are as big as the event. Forget the June departure date, leave now and for good. You made a dramatic exit. To go back in the next three weeks and haggle is to blur the picture and confuse the public. Don't step on your own applause line: it's over, the tie is off, go West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEMO FROM THE DESK OF PEGGY NOONAN | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

...getaway apartment in New York City is covered with pictures of his six children and his second wife, actress and film producer Trudie Styler). "But with new pop music, it's very rare that I hear music that I can't recognize its source. Oasis are the Beatles, basically. Blur are the Kinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: IT MIGHT AS WELL BE STING! | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

Though the championship picture is still a blur, this weekend's action should bring the Ancient Eight race into focus. IVY STANDINGS OVERALL IVY Team W L PCT W L PCT Princeton 16 5 .762 8 1 .889 Penn 12 8 .600 7 2 .778 Darmouth 14 8 .636 7 3 .700 Harvard 14 8 .636 6 4 .600 Cornell 8 13 .381 4 6 .400 Brown 8 14 .364 3 7 .300 Yale 8 14 .364 3 7 .300 Columbia...

Author: By Andersen Fisher, | Title: M. Cagers Back in Ivy League Hunt | 2/22/1996 | See Source »

...public scrutiny she continues to undergo (but far more intensely than before) three-and-a-half years later recalls the extensive and ultimately destructive power of the press, of its ability to blur the distinction between questionable and condemnable behavior. Mrs. Clinton is yet another victim of an illness inherent in our media, namely its inability to tolerate and accurately convey "greyness". And it is in greyness, I'm afraid, where Mrs. Clinton stands today...

Author: By Erica S. Schacter, | Title: PERSPECTIVES | 2/9/1996 | See Source »

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