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...discussed in human terms, the usual investigations have been made, his family tree has been studied, a former girlfriend has been unearthed (so what?), the spotlight has been turned on his wife. His completely ordinary education, colleagues, friends and past have all been gone over with a fine-tooth comb. By all accounts, Gorbachev shouldn't have been Gorbachev. Then the pundits study the politics of the Soviet Union, evoke the shadow of Ronald Reagan and Star Wars, drag out tables and graphs to show that the Soviet economy was doomed to self-destruct, that it already had, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mikhail Gorbachev | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...what do the experts recommend? The key is removal of the nits, which are much harder to spot than the full-grown lice and which only lead to more of the insects if they are not painstakingly picked or combed out during thorough examinations of a child's hair. Some kids may benefit from a number of over-the-counter products, but their efficacy varies from case to case. For nit and lice removal, several school systems are experimenting with a metal-toothed comb endorsed by the nonprofit National Pediculosis Association (www. headlice.org) Advice on insecticides and home remedies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Lousy, Nit-Picking Epidemic | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...posters are enough to make your heart sink: another "screwball comedy" with Bill Murray carrying the whole cast. Will it be another Kingpin, where Bill's comb-over and fringed vest are the last vestiges of laughability in what has remade the paradigm of a really bad movie...

Author: By Whitney K. Bryant, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ignorance = Comedy | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

...names of these men are shown only briefly at the start. For the rest of the film they are identified by their eccentric clothing (Ray's plaid shirt and butterfly bow tie) or coiffure (Dave's gravity-defying orange comb-over). And they are defined by their jobs; we think of them simply as "the lion tamer" or "the mole-rat guy," and watch their eyes spark as they speak of the work that lights their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: TAKE THIS JOB AND LOVE IT | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...days of televised hearings about adultery or anything else sensational before the Senate. And so the chances of Ralston's securing the nomination seem to be in a fatal dive. The Pentagon is screening a handful of new candidates for the post, examining their backgrounds with a fine-toothed comb for any sexual improprieties. The last-minute choice can only hope he has a history but no past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADULTERATED STANDARDS | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

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