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...says a Senator, is his "secret weapon." Dole admits to putting "a little stuff'' on his hair to keep out the gray, although he insists he does not color his eyebrows. And he sometimes slips off to his new hideaway near his office for a nap on a couch that Dole nabbed when Senator Howard Metzenbaum retired last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOB DOLE: FACING THE AGE ISSUE | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

...summit of aspiration was born on a Chicago kitchen table in 1918, when two wireless-radio buffs turned out equipment for other amateurs. In the 1940s, Zenith went into making TV sets in a big way, and in 1956 it introduced the parents -- or grandparents -- of today's couch potatoes to the idea of remote control with its Space Command device...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV AND NOT TV | 7/31/1995 | See Source »

...through two questions about her academics before she interrupts "Do we have popsicles ?" She jumps out of the couch and returns with a neon green popsicle. "I would have gotten you one, but I know you'll just want to have mine." I smile. Tracey knows me well. I met her more than three years ago in the same building where we now both live and have been close friends ever since, especially after one semester as roommates...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Tracey L. Carter can barely sit still. She leans backwards over the Chair then swings back up to answer my questions. | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

...what I should have said," he explains. Weaver is clearly uncomfortable with his role as hero. His mail is still filled with gifts from supporters. Two weeks ago, he got two handmade quilts and pillowcases from a woman he had never met. His daughter Sara found them on the couch and said she could use them. "Then you have to write the thank-you note," he told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A RARE VISIT WITH THE REBEL OF RUBY RIDGE | 5/29/1995 | See Source »

Language out loud, and in derision--that's what Americans want to be doing. Those sitcom characters certainly aren't as smart as you are! You saw this whole thing coming from the very first! Yes, you sitting there on the couch with the glazed look and the short attention-span...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Touring The Idiot Box | 5/26/1995 | See Source »

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