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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fireworks and grill smoke on the Fourth of July weekend. Often he relies on simple exhortations--to local government, network executives or tobacco companies--with no particular executive fiat lending them force. "Doesn't matter," says a Clinton adviser with obvious satisfaction. "After a while they all blend together. Bottom line: the President's signing important papers at his desk." So what if the papers merely instruct the Education Secretary to stock up on stamps and mail out truancy-prevention manuals to school districts? The image is first-rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LAST ACTION HERO | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...split) and peaked in December at $87, closed last week at $48.50. Yahoo!, a vaunted search-engine-software company, jumped from $13 per share to $32.25 when it began trading in April and soon hit a high of $43. Last Friday, however, Yahoo! was searching for the bottom, at $17.50. "The IPOs that came with the most sizzle, like the Internet search engines, have gone on a roller-coaster ride," notes Rodney Goldstein, managing partner of Frontenac, a Chicago-based venture-capital firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IPOS: LOOK OUT BELOW! | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...anticipates that revamped maintenance and training procedures will convince the FAA to reinstate its license by early August, the agency won't say when it expects to reach a decision. "The FAA knows the heat is on and is going to scrutinize ValuJet's operations from top to bottom before it lets the airline fly again," says TIME's Jerry Hannifin. FAA spokesperson Henry Price says only that, "The FAA outlined a number of things it found unacceptable and is reviewing ValuJet's plan." ValuJet, on the other hand, says that the airline is in the second phase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ValuJet's Bold Bid To Fly Again | 7/10/1996 | See Source »

...literature, has long been enamored of the RAMONES. The group's music crops up regularly in the movie versions of his books; he has also been known to frequent Ramones' concerts. But King makes his own music: he plays lead guitar for the all-writer band the Rock Bottom Remainders. The group covers a litany of rock favorites, dubbed "hard-listening music" by band member (and humor columnist) Dave Barry. To the tune of These Boots Are Made for Walking, fellow Remainder (and novelist) Amy Tan dons a tight leather jumpsuit and whips other band members. Says Barry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LITERARY YEARNINGS: ROCK STARS AND THE AUTHORS WHO LOVE THEM | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...bags--as well as a savvy p.r. campaign in which she billed herself as the "Safety Secretary." (She once greeted employees in the parking lot with a stop sign so that she could check if they were wearing their seat belts.) The little brake light at the bottom of the rear window already had been thoroughly tested. She says she "took it off the shelf" and made it a high priority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIDDY MAKES PERFECT | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

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