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Then there is Kemper Boyd, a corrupt FBI agent from a once illustrious and then bankrupt Tennessee family ("My father went broke and killed himself. He willed me ninety-one dollars and the gun he did it with"). Recognizing an accomplished sneak when he sees one, Director J. Edgar Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAMES ELLROY: THE REAL PULP FICTION | 4/10/1995 | See Source »

I could go on and on, looking at lesbians in many different fields. But the greatness of lesbianism cannot be adequately capture by drawing up a laundry list of lesbians in the limelight. Their greatest achievement transcends the deeds of any one individual. Lesbians have transformed the way that we...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: New Ways to Love | 4/4/1995 | See Source »

Greatness has a price, though. For some fans, it was the four-figure ticket. Jordan's touching sentiment on his change of uniform numbers--he didn't want to wear his old 23 if his late father couldn't see it--was somewhat diminished by the fact that even as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHAELS TYSON AND JORDAN: TWO CHAMPS ARE BACK | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

Composer Osborne, 46, is a professor of music at Edinburgh University whose association with the city began during his student days. Since the outbreak of the Bosnian war, he has been committed to keeping alive Sarajevo's cultural diversity, returning several times to conduct musical workshops for the city's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME International, Feb. 20, 1995 | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

That openness was the first sign Darcey Bussell gave of future greatness. She started late, at age 13, at London's Royal Ballet School, where her contemporaries were already at the third level. Patricia Linton, an important teacher there, remembers telling her she had better hurry up or give up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POINT PERFECT | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

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