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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...common image of a U.S. Secretary of State is that of Dean Acheson, Cyrus Vance, James Baker -- a suave Wasp lawyer, slender and urbane, who probably rowed at Yale or Princeton. But Lawrence Eagleburger, the new Acting Secretary, looks like the Michelin man with a cane. He once had an exercise bike fitted with a special rack so he could read diplomatic cables; it stood unused so long it was finally removed, and now he's ballooned to more than 250 lbs. He's had a knee-replacement operation, takes steroids for a muscle disorder, and has been spotted with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comfortable In His Own Ample Skin: LAWRENCE EAGLEBURGER | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

Scheduled to nominate the Democratic presidential candidate is Jimmy Carter, the last Democrat to be president. Carter makes his way to the podium with the aid of a cane. He walks with a stoop, like...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Scenes From A Future Convention | 7/21/1992 | See Source »

Theodore T. Moynahan says he was taken into custody by Harvard Police at Au Bon Pain, handcuffed unnecessarily and detained in a Cambridge jail for an hour and a half. The June 22 incident left him with back pains that necessitate using a cane, Moynahan says...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leaflets Cite Police Brutality | 7/14/1992 | See Source »

Following the presentation of the Daytime Emmys' Best Actress Award, Susan Lucci bawled -- not because she lost for the 13th straight time but because she got a standing ovation for her 22-year portrayal of nasty Erica Cane in All My Children. Lucci graciously thanked the audience, something Erica would never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheers and Tears | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

...slip through the narrowest crevice. The Penguin's parasol becomes an Umbrella-Copter, spiriting him out of the trouble he loves to make. At the end he sends his commando squadron of penguins to destroy the city: tuxedoed birds wearing embossed shields, tiny helmets and missiles with candy-cane stripes ( it is Christmas) on their backs. Some of the penguins were real, some were robot puppets, some were little people in costume and others were computer generated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battier and Better | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

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