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...some great things to expand that market for all of us," says Mauricio Polack, director of sales and marketing for Her Interactive, which last year unveiled a CD-ROM called McKenzie & Co. that is based on high school life. "Mattel is riding on our coattails to a certain extent," Polack says, "and then we'll ride on Mattel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BARBIE BOOTS UP | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

...lobby, in my mind, is the most incomprehensible political movement in America today. I may disagree with right-to-lifers, socialist workers and environmental extremists, but at least I can understand to some extent where they're coming from. Why any rational citizen would insist on the unfettered right to own large-caliber assault weapons is beyond me. They may look pretty over the fireplace, but other than that, I don't see much practical use for them, unless you happen to be a drug dealer defending your turf or a psychotic, disgruntled employee who's decided that the moment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: That Crazy NRA | 11/8/1996 | See Source »

Then came the Triple Concerto. An alert reader of the program notes might have been put on guard by the admission that the piece "received negative criticism in its premier (1808), and to some extent to the present day." And understandably so, since it has a deadly combination of mediocre themes and an unncessary number of soloists; this means that each theme is heard at least three times in a row, from the cellist, the violinist, and the pianist, before it is allowed to die. The certainty of this repetition quickly becomes tedious, especially in the first and third movements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Sanders, Not Quite Triple the Pleasure | 11/7/1996 | See Source »

Clinton did, to some extent, put personal ambition above party. He signed the welfare bill over the warnings of advisers that it not only would infuriate liberal backers but might hurt Democratic congressional candidates as well. And he certainly was eager not to give Dole any chance to cry that the President had violated his 1992 pledge to "end welfare as we know it." But at the climactic meeting in the White House, Vice President Gore observed that the political arguments cut both ways and were too difficult to gauge, so Clinton should "go with your gut." The clinching argument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTION '96: CLINTON AND DOLE: TWO MEN, TWO DECISIONS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

QUOTE OF NOTE: "To some extent, [abortion] is caused by developments beyond the reach of government...[like] the widespread...emphasis on sexual behavior divorced from love, marriage and raising a family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MASSACHUSETTS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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