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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YORK--It may be impossible to finger the zeitgeist of contemporary art, but lucky for us the Whitney Museum would rather die than give up trying. Critics, however, would probably have killed the Whitney Biennial, the museum's signature showcase of contemporary art, years ago if it weren't for the fact that they would miss having a major exhibition to consistently complain about. The '93 Biennial, which featured the Rodney King video, was deemed too narrow and political, the '95 show too reactionary in its overemphasis on painting. Ironically, this year's exhibition has been labeled "tepid" and "boring...

Author: By Scott Rothkopf, | Title: The Greatest Show on Earth | 4/17/1997 | See Source »

...unconscionable that 35,000 people die every day of hunger while billions of dollars are thrown away on weapons," Kennedy said while standing in front of a larger-than life mural of King, another winner of the Nobel Peace Prize...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Kennedy Urges Peace | 4/15/1997 | See Source »

...suppose, are better than nothing--or would be better if people actually knew what they meant. The only one I've figured out is that TV-G is for "Barney" and "Sesame Street." However, for the real problems, the shows which start out "Sesame Street" and end up Die Hard, the ratings are more difficult to understand...

Author: By Tanya Dutta, | Title: Not Enough Control | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...much medicine," says Dr. David Lawrence, chairman and ceo of California's huge, and nonprofit, Kaiser Permanente. "Now we have a system creating incentives to do too little." Dr. Alan Fogelman, head of UCLA's Department of Medicine, thunders, "People who are sick will be allowed to die because it's the best economically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BACKLASH AGAINST HMOS | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

This summer, in Air Force One, we will have the opportunity to envision what it would be like to have a Chief Executive, played by Harrison Ford himself, who can deal Die Hard-style with international terrorists when they make the mistake of commandeering his plane. "He's not a ninja or anything," explains Armyan Bernstein, one of Air Force One's four producers, "but he knows how to fight." The back story is that this President served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and won a Congressional Medal of Honor for fighting his way out of the jungle after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACTING PRESIDENTS | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

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