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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Scandal-plagued politicians are not the only objects of Suma Ching Hai's charity. Whenever there is a natural disaster, she is there--with money. She says she has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to victims of the 1993 Mississippi River floods and to survivors of the Oklahoma City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BUDDHIST MARTHA | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

His life, from the beginning, was hardly boring. Born in Fontana Liri, 50 miles outside Rome, to a carpenter who went blind and a housewife who went deaf ("They were like a comic couple," he said), Mastroianni did time in a German labor camp during World War II, then escaped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARCELLO MASTROIANNI (1924-1996): Imperfect, Irresistable | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

It's not easy being an ex-President: no more Air Force One, no more Hail to the Chief, only so many boring memoirs you can foist on the public, only so many celebrity golf tournaments you can play in. Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon), a Republican, now has no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A RICH FILM FEAST | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

Still, she admits she has "made a lot of really stupid decisions" in her movie career, and she clearly hopes Evita will put all that behind her. Two future movie projects have already caught her eye: a biography of Tina Modotti, the photographer and political revolutionary, and a movie version...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAD FOR EVITA | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

7 Fidelity Investments "Time" How easy it would be to create a boring mutual-funds ad. But Fidelity's TV campaign isn't. To the tune Time Has Come Today, each ad displays a series of arresting images--many surreal--depicting life passages alongside grand technological advances. The ads are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST ADVERTISING OF 1996 | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

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