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"The Frighteners" has all the coherence and interest of a story breathlessly told by your three-year-old cousin whilst making machine gun noises. But while you can blame your cousin's drool-filled narration on his still-burgeoning neurons, it would take quite a bit more to excuse the...

Author: By Nicholas R. Rapold, | Title: Latest Fox Flick Is Abominable | 7/23/1996 | See Source »

STEPHEN KING, another hermit of literature, has long been enamored of the RAMONES. The group's music crops up regularly in the movie versions of his books; he has also been known to frequent Ramones' concerts. But King makes his own music: he plays lead guitar for the all-writer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LITERARY YEARNINGS: ROCK STARS AND THE AUTHORS WHO LOVE THEM | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

Though she has been in public life for nearly three decades, Elizabeth Dole remains a kind of political cameo, not a full-fledged portrait. Few people know her well. She has no children. No house. No hobbies. Her 95-year-old mother is her best friend. She has little interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIDDY MAKES PERFECT | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

In this election year, as in many others before it, the level of political play is so highly charged that it is hard to keep up with. Indeed, during this political upheaval it takes discipline to keep one's attention on the serious business of state that must continue. The...

Author: By Ben Tahriri, | Title: Needed: President for the United States | 6/25/1996 | See Source »

Many members of today's graduating class reacted to the news that I would give this year's Commencement Address just as I did: with surprise. The Harvard Crimson recorded some undergraduate responses: "Who is he?" "Wow, that's boring. Everyone else got someone exciting." Editorials criticized the process by...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commencement 1996 | 6/22/1996 | See Source »

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