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Yet, as he revealed in his 90-minute TV chat last week with talk-show empathizer Oprah Winfrey, Jackson is at heart as vulnerable as the handicapped children he generously welcomes to his ranch near Santa Barbara, California. He calls it Neverland, an allusion to his status as pop's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peter Pan Speaks | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

If You're Going to Get Cute, Lose Weight. There's a reason why the Good Lord in his wisdom did not endow the elephant with a sense of whimsy. A person could get crushed by a large creature's attempts to trip the light fantastic. That's pretty much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Christmas Films Don't Sparkle | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

Enter John Whitley, a quiet-spoken Louisiana native with a lazy smile, whose cowboy hats and elephant-hide boots make more of an impression than his low- key manner. In just 32 months, he has turned Angola around, relying on little more than his sense of decency and fairness. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing Decency Into Hell: JOHN WHITLEY | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

In many ways, Bush's impulsive plan seems to mismatch means and ends. The narrowly conceived military action will bring food to the famished while U.S. troops are present, but what happens when they leave? And how exactly do they achieve the Security Council's prescribed goal of a "secure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking on the Thugs in Somalia | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

To emphasize his warm, gentle side, Quayle even sent a stuffed, presumably Republican, elephant to the child of the fictional TV anchorwoman as a gift. "Mr. Vice President, "observers implored, "it's TV Get a grip."

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, | Title: Tick-Tock, Flip-Flop | 10/3/1992 | See Source »

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