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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton administration has proven itself full of master-brainstormers. The First Lady heads a so-called "Task Force"--a rather interesting turn of a phrase, since the carton of egg-heads at its helm has accomplished no tasks outside of its own deliberations, and has applied no force to effect any actual changes in the external world. The Secretary of the Interior came up with a great plan to change the way federal lands are managed. The Department of Health and Human Services floated a proposal for federally funded childhood immunization. Clinton himself formulated a much ballyhooed stimulus package...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: One Hundred Days of Lassitude | 5/7/1993 | See Source »

...Pennsylvania Avenue. In fact, he's keeping such a low profile that West Wing staffers post notices of rare "J.A.B. III" sightings. Says a top Bush campaign official: "We're beginning to think the next time we see him, it will be on the side of a milk carton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where's Jimbo? | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...wholly convoluted. Pfieffer is a loveless, nosy secretary in one scene. In the next, she tears into her closet for a vinyl raincoat, rushes to her sewing machine, and easily puts together a skin-tight catsuit. The image of a distraught working woman drinking straight from a carton of milk (Spilling most of it over her chest) made for a great promo spot. But if there is any connection between her character and cats (other than the fact that she feeds several strays), I couldn...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Ashamed to Wear My Bat-Shoes | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

Here's a pop quiz sure to make libertarians quiver. Which of the following items cannot be acquired without special permission: a carton of Lucky Strike nonfilters, a liter of grain alcohol, handcuffs, a hypodermic needle or (hint, hint) a nicotine patch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kicking The Habit | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...University of Pennsylvania, De Gennaro gained control of the university's biomedical library, which once reported to the dean of Penn's medical school, recalls H. Carton Rogers,associate director of libraries there. Rogersserved as De Gennaro's financial officer for 12years...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: De Gennaro Attempts Preservation by Change | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

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