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Trying to reverse this trend, Clinton struck notes ranging from passionate to pleading. Presenting the bill at a ceremony in Statuary Hall at the Capitol, Clinton began waving his arms and banging the lectern, first with a forefinger and then with a fist, as he slid into an ad-lib riff on the necessity for reform: the U.S., he cried, is "choking on a health-care system that -- is -- not -- working." The day after, in a speech to medical students and professors at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Clinton sounded oddly supplicating: "Please help us," he implored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Please Help Us | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...Bowe, now 26, has the potential to be one of boxing's greatest. Standing 6 ft. 5 in. and weighing about 240 lbs. when he's in fighting trim, he towers over most competitors. He has a quick jab, a good hook and knockout power in each large fist. And while he can't dance the way Ali could, he moves with agility for a big man. "Many have compared me to the Greatest: Ali," he says. "But I hit like a truck. He just stung like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like...Ali: RIDDICK BOWE | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

Strauss returned the letter, writing that inthe aforementioned 15-year period, a number ofcontinuing and escalating incidents including"extreme sexual harassment of students andemployees, public group sex activity, fist fights,arson and continual, extensive vandalism in themen's room," prompted the removal of the doors...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: Bathroom Goes Private | 10/1/1993 | See Source »

...business lower costs, by providing Americans with cradle-to-grave coverage and by standing up to such special interests as doctors, drug companies and insurance firms. Best of all, the plan required no new taxes. Clinton loved it. As he heard the details, he punched the air with his fist time and again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill and Hill Clinton: Behind Closed Doors | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

...predatory capitalist who would kill Willy for the insurance money. And wrap this around the summer's favorite icon: the fatherless boy who teaches everyone else -- surrogate parents, adult friends and a nearby cetacean -- how to be human. The movie hits every emotional button with a firm fist. It makes the phrase feel-good sound like a command from the industry's P.C. Patrol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prince Of Whales | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

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