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As woman of the lodge, Betty amuses the audience with her awe of foreign cultures. She marvels over a spoon "made in Taiwan," bows when serving Charlie tea and brags that she enjoys an "extra-circular communication" with him. Simpson masters both the joviality and the irony of her character...

Author: By Amanda Schaffer, | Title: Laughing at the Klan | 11/15/1991 | See Source »

The third cause of the Soviet downfall was the decades-long American, and Western, policy of containment. Both sides of the argument can take equal bows for this one.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Why Did Communism Fail? | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

For more than 5,000 years, Aleut Indians plied the islands off Alaska in craft made of animal skins and bone. Over time these craft diverged in design from other kayaks. They evolved curiously split bows, sterns that were wide at the top but V-shaped at the bottom, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aleutian Islands | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

Reagan was also immensely confident, both about himself and about the ultimate victory of capitalism over communism. Therefore he didn't mind letting Gorbachev take his bows on the world stage. Reagan had trouble comprehending, not to mention caring about, the difference between ballistic and cruise missiles, but he understood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush: The Summit Goodfellas | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

Other changes will have to wait. After all, Johnny has 105 more shows to do before he bows out, and Jay has 74 more guest spots. "This is probably the only job in the world," the peninsula-jawed Leno wryly notes, "where you get the job and they go, 'O.K...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passing The Late-Night Crown | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

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