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Less than a week ago, my entire relationship with Matt consisted of calling each other by names other than our own. We knew each other's real names, but for some reason had taken to calling each other "Fred" and "Bob" on the infrequent occasions when our paths would cross...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Fat Day Singer `Moves Kind of Funky' | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Or students might yawn at the stiff and monotonous Gore, who bored class members yesterday afternoon with obscure details during the question and answer session after his speech.

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gill, | Title: Gore: A Two-Sided Speaker | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Along with this dialogue, Muller intersperses clips from movies which influenced Riefenstahl and from the films in which she acted or directed. All of the film's contrasts ensure that the viewer never gets bored.

Author: By Emil J. Kiehne, | Title: It's a Wonderful, Horrible Life | 5/13/1994 | See Source »

Former President Ford, who is 80 now, was next to last on the San Francisco program. Looking sturdy as ever, he gave about the same speech he gave on the road in 1976, still saying, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Get Motivated | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

The son of a schoolteacher mother and carpet-salesman-turned-artist father, Grant graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English. After a stint in repertory ("I was bored playing the tree that waved in the wind and the fourth angry peasant"), he wrote and performed in satirical revues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Just Another Pretty Face | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

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