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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the circus tent opened, there sat a row of white men, some of great stature, who made every effort to disappear behind the thin silhouette of their microphones. Here were career public servants, never camera shy, being forced to ask questions like "Professor Hill, now that you have read the FBI report, you can see that it contains no reference to any mention of Judge Thomas' private parts or sexual prowess. Why didn't you tell the FBI about that?" Having begun the week under fire for their sexism, the Senators ended the week accused of acting like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Ugly Circus: Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill and the U.S. Senate | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

Another minor drawback of taking part in these experiments is that the feeling of being under a microscope doesn't end when the experiment ends. You will see a hidden camera behind every window. You will find yourself yelling at elevator ceilings, "I know you're up there! I'm normal, God dammit! Stop looking...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: The Ultimate Experiment | 10/16/1991 | See Source »

...director of Tate, she amassed storyboard details on each scene -- not just the camera blocking but the underlying emotions of each character. "Films are too important not to have a drawn road map," she says. "I won't wing it. When I come into a shot, I always have an idea." She has an idea too of the field-marshalry of directing a movie. "You must learn to lead, to be a benevolent king. You try to communicate your vision and monitor those who don't get it. I feel safe there. I can be vulnerable. The code is, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jodie Foster: A Screen Gem Turns Director | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

...heard that kind of excuse too, that she was not upset enough. There are some survivors who relive each part of the episode like a single camera frame and others who repress it. But each telling is different. With a serial rapist, for example, you know exactly what he says when he approaches each woman, what the language is, what the sexual acts are, how long it took. And yet it's fascinating to see five women at trial testify about a very similar event very differently, depending on each woman's emotional strength, at what point this happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trials of Convicting Rapists: LINDA FAIRSTEIN | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

Need a crystal ice bucket for the office? The price isn't bad: just $83. How about a handsome garment bag? Only $197.50, compared with $395 at a typical luggage shop. A Polaroid Spectra camera will run you $99.57. Buy one at a Washington camera store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wholesale Politics | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

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