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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That's what you're dealing with in the South," said Smith. "It's just an endless, endless succession of absurd things...

Author: By Matthew J. Mcdonald, | Title: Lawyers Criticize Death Penalty Abuse in South | 11/20/1990 | See Source »

They've braved endless questions from strangers, on everything from the cold weather to runny noses...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: They've Got a Nose for Fashion | 11/15/1990 | See Source »

American Psycho, scheduled to be published by Simon & Schuster in January, runs 362 pages in edited manuscript. Crawls, actually. Barely distinguishable chapters are stuffed with the brand names of expensive suits, shoes and wristwatches, endless spoofs of nightclubs and restaurants and rambling reviews of pop records. The litany of the trivial is intentional, though Ellis seems to be writing for people who take forever to get the point. Instead of a plot, there is a tapeworm narrative that makes it unnecessary to distinguish the beginning of the novel from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Revolting Development | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...their endless struggle to please and appease special interests and large voter blocs, most of the 535 members of Congress have succeeded mainly in diminishing themselves. Their fundamental obligation to order the nation's finances has given way to the politician's primal instinct: inflict no pain; ruffle no feathers; get re-elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOB KERREY: A Senator Of Candor | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

Although Kissin's schedule is rapidly filling up -- there is a European tour coming up in two weeks and a trip to Japan early next year -- he is still too young and idealistic to have been worn down by the demands of performance: the endless traveling, the constant repetition of pieces, the interviewers asking the same questions. He speaks of music in lofty terms. "True art gives birth to good as opposed to evil. Right now we are going through a very turbulent time. The goal of musicians is to make our art, which is humane, kind and international, prevail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Evgeni Kissin, New Kid | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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