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Kinky or not, Owen is clearheaded about house behavior. "When a new family moves into a house," he says truthfully, "water begins to drip from the chandelier." The new householder either pays local artisans or ruins things himself. Owen doesn't exactly tell you how, but he gives you enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You Had A Hammer | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

Foremost among the theorizers will be supporters of the winner, who will reject any notion that their man's victory might be due to their own vigorous exertions of the previous few months. It was, instead, they will argue, a fundamental and clearheaded rejection of the "values" represented by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Democracy Can Goof | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

KARLA BONOFF: NEW WORLD (Gold Castle). Ballads as personal and focused as the last pages of a diary. Bonoff makes music that is spacious of spirit but clearheaded about the byways of romance.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Aug. 22, 1988 | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

Against this background, the singular hubris of IBA was to try to have it both ways -- a large-scale building program like those of the '20s and '50s, but with the strong concern for tradition and diversity that has predominated in the late '70s and '80s. The ambitions were grand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Rebuilding Berlin - Yet Again | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

Evans, 58, who radiates a sort of clearheaded country-club cool, shrugged off any special importance attached to his election. "People are trying to read too much into this," he said. At their debate last month, he gracefully deflected attacks: "Mike, if you want to run against President Reagan, you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections '83; A Winning Round | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

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