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Like most Hollywood productions, this is high-level illusion. Geffen, who is gay, lobbied the President to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military. Geffen stands to gain from the crackdown on the Chinese black market in American videos and CDs that his friend Mickey Kantor, the U.S. Trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW PARTY BOSSES | 4/8/1996 | See Source »

These early machines had a lot in common with pet rocks, however. They mostly just sat there. Unlike the ever-expandable IBM PC, you were limited in what you could do with them. Eventually, people got bored and bought more powerful machines--like the IBM PC and its clones.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: tech TALK | 3/15/1996 | See Source »

So bored were many Republicans with the predictable primaries that they had moved on to speculating whom Dole should pick for a running mate.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Super Tuesday' Brings Dole Near Nomination | 3/13/1996 | See Source »

She really ought to take lessons from Re, the superb Duchess of Berwick (Marjorie Burren), and the charmingly rakish Cecil (Colin Stokes '96) all of whom play wicked Wilde to the hilt. Each is a marvelous showcase for Wilde's keen observations of petty society cruelties, especially Cecil and his...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Oscar Wilde's Number One Fan | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

Well, sure. Something has happened to the American psyche, even in the highest tax brackets, that has given Detroit a jolt of renewed self-esteem and left foreign manufacturers struggling in the dust. Even looking backward, it is not clear why. Maybe the baby boomers, grown thick in the waist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH RIDE AND HANDSOME | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

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