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Apparently, bad-mouthing the breed is considered the only way to blunt a Disney-fueled demand that could cause thousands of ill-conceived Dalmatians to be dumped on the market by puppy mills and thousands more dumped in the street by bored children who didn't really bank on that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DALMATIANS! YIKES! | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

It is true that Americans were relatively bored by the campaign, an interminable nonstarter that sounded most of the time like an argument going on in some other part of the house. In the midst of relative prosperity and peace and the incumbent reign of Bill the Bridgebuilder, Americans heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GLAD-HANDER | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

I know this country's been uniquely blessed. But as I sit dejected, bored, depressed, I wonder if a strict emissions test Is part of life in Rome, or Budapest.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OF LINES AND POETRY | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

Nearly two weeks later, at 1:45 AM on a Sunday, my phone rang. "Hi, can I speak to Gupton please?" an energetic voice asked. I only needed to ask whether it was Adam or Brian on the other end. (It turned out they were two different people--I spoke...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Home Sweet Home Page | 10/26/1996 | See Source »

Yet this information explosion hides a paradox. At the same time that people are being inundated with news as never before, their interest in news seems to be shrinking. They are just too busy, or too involved in their own lives, or too bored by the Middle East situation, or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEWS WARS | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

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