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Thus the landscape was set for the fall classic. Clinton's coherence forced Dole to flail. He had adopted much of Steve Forbes' supply-side agenda, but his proposal to slash taxes 15% bumped against his long insistence on cutting the deficit first. Dole seemed more wishy-washy than the President, who was becoming a model of constancy. In fact, voters deadened to sweet-sounding quick fixes became less enamored of Dole's tax-cutting scheme the more he publicized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW HE GOT THERE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...guys in the Seattle-based rock band Pearl Jam are only in their 30s, but the group's newest album, No Code, makes it sound as if they're having a midlife crisis. The songs on the CD flail this way and that, screamingly loud on the vocal-chord-stripping song Lukin, restrained and dreamy on the ballad Off He Goes and fuzzily philosophical on the mostly laid-back number Present Tense. Sonic variety can be a good thing--the Smashing Pumpkins' brilliant double album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, also veered all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: IDENTITY CRISIS | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...himself. Before that, however, Reeve needed to be stabilized to prevent any more compression in the spine. He was placed on a bed with a kind of halo attached to his head and a heavy weight that kept him immobile. He was given morphine. Sometimes he would attempt to flail and would jerk his head from side to side, and more sedation would be necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HOPES, NEW DREAMS | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...movie is that it's epidemic ... and irresistible." MUSIC . . . PEARL JAM: The guys in the Seattle-based rock band Pearl Jam are only in their thirties, but the group's newest album, 'No Code,' sounds as if they?re having a mid-life crisis. "The songs on the CD flail this way and that, screamingly loud on the vocal-chord stripping song 'Lukin,' restrained and dreamy on the ballad 'Off He Goes,' and fuzzily philosophical on the mostly laid-back number 'Present Tense,' says Farley. 'No Code' is the sound of a band looking for a new direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Casinos Want To Break The Bank | 8/25/1996 | See Source »

...movie is that it's epidemic ... and irresistible." MUSIC . . . PEARL JAM: The guys in the Seattle-based rock band Pearl Jam are only in their thirties, but the group's newest album, 'No Code,' sounds as if they?re having a mid-life crisis. "The songs on the CD flail this way and that, screamingly loud on the vocal-chord stripping song 'Lukin,' restrained and dreamy on the ballad 'Off He Goes,' and fuzzily philosophical on the mostly laid-back number 'Present Tense,' says Farley. 'No Code' is the sound of a band looking for a new direction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Casinos Want To Break The Bank | 8/23/1996 | See Source »

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