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...here we go! But where? What is the purpose of a vaguely necrophiliac fuss over someone so recently departed? Most revivals take a generation or more, but Bernstein Redux has happened in less than the minimum time it will take for pitcher Nolan Ryan to go from retirement (this year) into the Baseball Hall of Fame (1998). Aren't we -- no offense -- rushing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Becomes a Legend Most? | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

Without any fuss, that established the here and now of the done and gone, which happened to be the last years of the cattle drives. Now it's, oh, 15 years later, maybe 20. Here's the start of the sequel, Streets of Laredo: " 'Most train robbers ain't smart, which is a lucky thing for the railroads,' Call said. 'Five smart train robbers could bust every railroad in this country.' 'This young Mexican is smart,' Brookshire said, but before he could elaborate, the wind lifted his hat right off his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrapped In White Linen | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

...only conducting industrial espionage in the U.S. but even "bribing foreign governments to give contracts to their countries' companies" rather than American firms. Though these forms of hard-knuckled competition are not new, Washington says it's not going to take them quietly anymore. That accounts for the fuss the U.S. made last month over French efforts to steal American technical and commercial secrets. The CIA issued an official warning that companies attending the Paris Air Show would be exposing their trade secrets to scrutiny by French agents. Hughes Aircraft stayed home, and Pratt & Whitney decided not to display what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New World for Spies | 7/5/1993 | See Source »

...What's All the Fuss About Tea? Across from the Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., debate the infamous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fireworks, Festivities Highlight Weekend | 7/2/1993 | See Source »

...network programmers. Now, with a lack of fanfare that would be mystifying if it weren't so revealing, Family Dog is finally being let out of the kennel for a summer run, when the only significant viewer reaction is likely to be a puzzled, What was all the fuss about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Dog, No New Tricks | 6/21/1993 | See Source »

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