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...young about what it means to be a successful woman. That debate was further fueled by the announcement by TV newswoman Connie Chung that she would abandon the fast track at CBS in a last-ditch drive for motherhood at age 44. Meanwhile, male role models are also in flux. Wall Street wonder boy Peter Lynch hung up his $13 billion mutual fund to do good deeds and have more time with his family. What generation in history has enjoyed such liberty to write the rules as it goes along? Over the past 30 years, all that was orthodox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road To Equality: The Dreams of Youth | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...Silber forced the traditional left to be in astate of flux," says Bill Spadea, nationalsecretary for the College Republican NationalCommittee. "That confusion sends moderates over toour side...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Sitting Out on the Main Event | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...subject virtually ensures that the kind of narrative Gopnik and Varnedoe present works better in the catalog than on the walls. In fact, it is hard to see how any museum installation -- linear and one-track by + nature -- could convey a real sense of the peculiar eddies of cultural flux and reflux that they have set out to describe. Abstract Expressionism, for instance, tended to set itself above popular culture -- yet one of its true icons, De Kooning's 1950 study for Woman, had a smile cut from an ad for Camel cigarettes. The work does not appear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Upstairs And Downstairs at MOMA | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...leading reformer has suffered a stroke. Hard-liners plan a takeover, and part of the plan is framing the American on trumped-up charges before he can spill his scoop. Meantime, a Soviet actress is also trying to go West. Cullen's chilling portrait of Soviet society in flux is an ideal antidote for 90 degrees weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

...idea behind this radar is not new; shortwave radio signals have long been bounced off the ionosphere. But developing reliable over-the-horizon radar proved tricky because the composition of the ionosphere is always in flux, making it more like a mass of moving clouds than a smooth reflecting mirror. The OTH radar overcomes this problem by using computer power: the software enables technicians to chart constantly the intensity and thickness of the ionosphere, telling operators where conditions are best and which radio frequencies to use for maximum performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Long Arm Of Radar | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

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