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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Working roughly 12 hours each day, for 51 weeks per year, the writers of the show say their job is tough--but they can't complain...

Author: By William E. Rehling, | Title: Homer-palooza...from a Harvard perspective | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

...dissection of the American family. Director Gary Sinise's feral production hits just the right pitch--high, but not over the top. The Tony voters fudged a bit when they nominated Buried Child for best new play (Shepard has done some cutting and rewriting). But this season, who can complain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: TWIN TERRORS | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

These dispositions help explain why voters are now being treated to a lavish round of political pandering. The cycle goes something like this. Some aggrieved group begins to complain: gas prices are too high, beef prices too low, liability insurance too burdensome, there's a salmon surplus driving coho prices down. Clinton and Dole rush in with their offers: sell off part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (Clinton's offer), repeal the gas tax (Dole's offer). The moment one candidate makes a bid, his rival tops it. The immediate goal on both sides is simply to control the news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

...must rely on a Republican National Committee search operation that Dole officials say, in their most generous tones, could be much better. Much of the research on Clinton, says a top Dole official, is either inaccessible or does not exist. That doesn't help a team whose members often complain that they are not sure what the candidate will be doing or saying on any given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

...huge expenditure, I can now say that Loker is a pretty cool place, especially when you have that $100 thing going on your ID card and you don't have to pay a dime. But I already see this as a looming political issue next year as students may complain about having the $100 cost appear on the term bill. Can't wait...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Fond Look Back | 5/10/1996 | See Source »

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