Word: freshness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chief (and valid) objection to higher gas taxes is that they fall most heavily on those with less income. But relief for those at the bottom--say, by cuts in payroll taxes--could be enacted as well. The truth is that every tank of gas today contains fresh proof of the "consume now" ethic that pervades our culture. In 1991 Germans enacted with little fanfare a 60 cent gas tax to help rebuild the East. In 1993 Americans found 4 cents on top of $1.20-per-gal. gas almost too much to bear, even while we bequeath our children dirtier...
...Odyssey, Pursuit, and Capture of the Unabomber Suspect (Warner Books; $5.99), an in-depth look at the terror-bomb saga prepared at lightning speed by TIME staff members and shipped to stores this week. Others raced to put out "quickie" books on the case; ours not only combined fresh reporting and thoughtful writing, but it also got there first. The 11-day effort left Aitken newly impressed by what first-rate team journalism can achieve. "I hesitate to say this, because I treasure my weekends," says Aitken, "but TIME's staff is uniquely qualified to do something like this...
Have trouble letting go? Months after losing his nasty lawsuit against Sony Music, George Michael seemed off to a fresh start at DreamWorks. But in a version of his new video, Fastlove, a deejay's headphones are inscribed with a dig at the old boss; they read "Fony...
...simple answer is that a scandal gestating as long as Whitewater is bound to generate fresh subscandals to feed the ever growing appetite for drama. So convoluted is the scandal business that ethicsmeister Starr has hired his own ethics counselor, Sam Dash, which has in turn created its own spin-off controversy. The price for Dash's lingering aura of rectitude from his days as Watergate counsel--$3,200 weekly for eight hours of work--is almost as inflated as the $42,550 for 12 of Jackie O.'s ashtrays. Under questioning, Dash conceded that some of Starr's activities...
...Amato rather than the other way around. The Republican attack dog resumed his Whitewater hearings last week after a two-month hiatus during which the Senate slapped an absolute deadline of June 14 on him. With only seven weeks left to find a smoking gun, D'Amato called fresh prey to the stand: former Clinton chief of staff Betsey Wright. As Libby, the most vivid supporting character in Primary Colors, Wright was portrayed as a wild-eyed, foul-mouthed, daft Dustbuster, so excitable that much of her dialogue in the book is in capital letters. In real life...