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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...murder mystery and the voyeuristic antic of an incapacitated photographer, with a feud of the sexes. Lisa Carol Freemont, the most eligible Park avenue princess, is in love with said photographer and is trying to convince him to take the next step in any wholesome '50's relationship, marriage. Grace Kelly and James Stewart are inimitable in the respective roles. Kelly, with the finesse, polish and beauty which is her trademark, jousts incredibly well with the curmudgeonly, witty Stewart, whose character L.B. Jeffries will not submit to the web of charm in which Kelly's Freemont tries to entangle...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: Look Out For 'Rear Window' | 7/22/1994 | See Source »

This is the movie where I, and I believe everyone I know, fell in love with Grace Kelly. Hitchcock knows the lines of her face uncannily well and he shoots her with the best lighting and in the most flattering of poses. Not that she has any bad angles...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: Look Out For 'Rear Window' | 7/22/1994 | See Source »

...that the Democratic Party will hold its 1996 presidential convention in Chicago, its first there since Yippie riots over Vietnam and delegates' turmoil marred the '68 nomination of Hubert Humphrey. An aide to Mayor Richard Daley, whose father held office the last time around, told TIME Chicago correspondent Julie Grace the decision is a matter of wrapping up a few easy details. Chicago bid $32 million to be the host, beating out rivals New York City, New Orleans and San Antonio, Texas, for a possible $100 million economic return. Grace says David Wilhelm, a former operative of Daley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMS TO BRAVE CHICAGO IN '96 | 7/20/1994 | See Source »

...high school will seem both far away and less and less important in the grand scheme of things. There's time enough at Harvard to act self-important and pretend that one's own goals and aims are based on universal principles. Paul Siemens needs to accept with good grace that he's not valedictorian and get on with life...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: We're Not #1 | 7/19/1994 | See Source »

...national symbol, the bald eagle is supposed to be the embodiment of American strength, grace and pride. But for much of this century, the majestic bird has been an emblem of the country's careless and sometimes callous treatment of wildlife. Pinched by human population growth, poisoned by pollutants and slaughtered by hunters, the eagle went into such a decline that by 1940 Congress felt compelled to pass a law protecting the highflyer. It didn't work: in 1963 there were only 417 breeding pairs of bald eagles left in the lower 48 states, and by 1978, when the eagle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winged Victory - | 7/11/1994 | See Source »

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