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But will Diller be one of the CEOs who set them up? One can imagine--albeit with a bit of effort--some interactively televised descendant of Consumer's Edge and HSN merging with Silver King's stations and studio to become a force in 21st century media. In the absence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEB'S MIDDLEMAN | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

This year Johnson may make things even more uncomfortable for Pressler. The boyish Johnson, a fourth-generation South Dakotan and descendant of homesteaders, has a knack for connecting with his state's voters. He is a favorite of farmers, whose interests he has championed on the House Agriculture Committee, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUD ON THE PRAIRIE | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

Born in Boston, a descendant of the Lowells, he was educated at Groton, where he displayed his admixture of smoothness and sharpness. On his college-board exam he refused to answer the essay questions on summer vacations or favorite pets, instead writing on how inane the topics were; although an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST: MCGEORGE BUNDY, 1919-1996 | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

Pat Buchanan is a descendant of Scottish-Irish and German blood, and lived just about all his life in Washington, where, until 15 or 20 years ago, international cuisine meant tomato sauce on a plate of spaghetti.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Looking Glass: THE PEPCID PRIMARY | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

Exactly who is supposed to extend this apology? The last Confederate widow died in the 1960s. To be sure, perpetrators of the Jim Crow South will live for decades; is Professor Kilson referring to these men and women? Or am I, as descendant of Southern "slavocrats," supposed to apologize?

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kilson Must Tell Us When It Is Time for Forgiveness | 2/21/1996 | See Source »

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