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Patience is recommended because it will be handsomely rewarded. My Other Life is Theroux's best and most entertaining book to date, a bold claim, perhaps, since there are so many of them; in addition to his volumes of fiction, Theroux has written 10 highly regarded and popular travel books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: JUST THE FACTS (MAYBE...) | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

The reasons go beyond the obvious limitations of the candidates or even the lack of sustainable suspense. What, to use, Dole's favorite locution, is a presidential election "about"? It's about government, in particular, Federal Government. And what, over the past 15 years, have our conservative politicians taught us...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THINK OF THE FUN WE MISSED! | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

Liberal education is learning to see truth and goodness on one's own, without the comfort of consensus or the smugness of solidarity. This is the hardest thing for a human being to achieve, but also the most brilliant achievement. The liberal education is harder than an education in any...

Author: By Daniel Choi, | Title: In Defense of Liberal Education | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

Criticized as it was for a lack of Olympian drama, the Republican National Convention was not completely devoid of entertaining moments. This was, after all, a convention that denied speaking privileges to famously controversial ideologues but saw fit to invite swimsuit model and hemorrhoid-cream spokeswoman Kim Alexis to address...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: BOB DOLE IS SO OLD THAT ... | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

Comedy Central also broadcast its hit nightly round-table show, Politically Incorrect, live from San Diego. As always, the show featured panels of egregiously mismatched guests--one group last week included Oliver North, Georgia Congressman Bob Barr and Vicki Lawrence. Unlike the honchos at MTV, who had rapper Chuck D...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: BOB DOLE IS SO OLD THAT ... | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

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