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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mr. Brazaitis tells us that "wherever he goes, Hart is asked The Question." What sort of questions are asked of Gary Hart? Often they are good ones. When Senator Hart came to speak at the Science Center on January 10, I recall questions such as, "Would you call yourself courageous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Too Harsh on Hart | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

Murdoch arrived in New York by way of London, already schooled in scandal. In Britain he owns the backstairs-gossip weekly News of the World, with the largest circulation of any English-language paper in the world, and the lurid London Sun, which pictures a topless young woman on Page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: A Disdain for Respectability | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

At first, what happened seemed blindingly clear. A powerful TV journalist hectored the Vice President, who had been lured into the interview expecting that it would focus on his presidential campaign. Eager to combat his wimpy image, Bush came to shove, denouncing Rather's tactics and counterattacking by recalling the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bushwhacked! | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

Dukakis, in contrast, sometimes campaigns like he is already there. He carefully calibrates his promises and commitments, confident in the faith that he may soon be asked to fulfill them. That may partly explain his stubborn reluctance to offer a realistic plan to stanch the deficit; he was defeated for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting To Know Them | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

The three principal roles are again played by the actors who originated them in London, and therein lies the show's chief weakness. As the Phantom -- musically, a tenor good guy rather than a baritone baddie -- Michael Crawford gives the most compelling performance currently to be found on any Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Music Of The Night THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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