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The shelf life of scandal, even presidential scandal, is not indefinite, and after such hypersaturation, Americans may find themselves not only ultimately bored by the Clinton-Lewinsky affair but also indignant at Kenneth Starr's sadistically detailed report. Americans may conclude it was not necessary for Starr, in order to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Familiar Uncharted Territory | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

Crowley the thrillmaker is modest in describing his calling: "I don't think I have a process," he says. "It's thinking on your feet differently for each show, moving forward rather than looking backwards. What I try not to do is repeat myself, because I get bored very quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Humming the Sets | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

The suicide squeeze is cool, and the double steal is all right, but a guy who can smack the bejeezus out of a ball--that's the guy for us. Like most great things American, the home run deconstructs strategy with a beautiful act of aggression. So Mark McGwire, 250...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: The Fun Is Back | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

When I went home to Topeka, Kansas, right after my finals, I was bored crazy. With nothing better to do, I opened up the local newspaper to see what was going on besides high school graduations. I landed on a "Best of Topeka" feature, sort of a version of "Best...

Author: By Susan Yeh, | Title: POSTCARD FROM TOPEKA | 7/24/1998 | See Source »

The Washington courtroom was crowded and tense as the prosecutor bored in on Latrena Pixley, a young mother who sat emotionless on the witness stand. "You carried your first child for nine months, held him in your arms and then gave him away. You carried your second child for nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mothers And Killers | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

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