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...nothing to do with the greenhouse effect. They could have been random events -- all part of the natural year-to-year variations in weather. Many climatologists called Hansen's remarks premature and feared that if this summer happens to be cool, public worries about the greenhouse effect will quickly fade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: Global Warming Feeling the Heat | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...blows kept furiously raining down, and Joseph's smile began to fade. When the board voted that Monday, Giuliani had already turned three close Milken associates into Government witnesses by granting them immunity from prosecution. The knockout power of an indictment under the 1970 Racketeer ! Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was also greatly feared. Charges under RICO, developed to prosecute the Mafia and other organized criminals, would allow Giuliani to tie up much of Drexel's $2.3 billion of capital -- including the fortunes of the firm's 1,700 employee stockholders -- throughout a lengthy trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Make a Deal | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...there are some lesser talents who have not been mentioned in this piece who might take a cue and find a new way of working for a living. As the indefatigable Neil Young once suggested, "It's better to burn out than to fade away...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Where's Rock's Sincerity? | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...Conal Murray (Sandy) and Beth Norman (Jackie), these special moments never come. Both actors display little or no genuine emotion, use English accents which frequently fade and have difficulties speaking clearly...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Ignorance Is Bliss | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...fade in to Sunday, Feb. 11, 1979, the evening of the most widely publicized programming matchup in TV history. On CBS: a rare telecast of Gone With the Wind. On NBC: the TV debut of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. On ABC: a much hyped TV movie, Elvis! Some network programmers grumble that this costly confrontation amounts to a three-way kamikaze mission. But it draws the crowds. Elvis! wins a 40% share of the viewing audience, Gone With the Wind gets 36%, and Cuckoo's Nest pulls in 32%. Does that add up to more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Big Boys' Blues | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

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