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...Minneapolis hide devastated home lawns and gardens. Out West, dry-weather weeds have sprung up in the draws of prairie pastures, adding deceptive color. All through the Midwest are fields of wheat, corn and soybeans that took root much earlier on slight rains, then simply stopped developing. They hover now between life and death, still handsome to the casual observer. A delegation of Senators and Congressmen whirled across the area in helicopters, minced around in their city shoes looking at the drought wreckage, but sometimes were not impressed. When one of them spied a wheat field he thought looked pretty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Dakota: The Big Dry | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

Ever since VCRs began to catch on, industry gurus have predicted an explosion of fare specially made for the home-video market. The explosion has arrived, in quantity if not in quality. No one knows how many nonmovie tapes have been released, but estimates hover between 7,000 and 10,000. A few genres -- notably exercise tapes, children's cassettes and rock-concert videos -- have established a niche in the market. But the rest are fighting for a relatively tiny number of viewers. Usually produced on a shoestring, these made-for-home-video cassettes are doing well if they sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Freaks, Dorfs and Betsy Wetsy | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...bring contentment: an American (Philip Casnoff) who has reached ! the world chess finals; his Soviet counterpart (David Carroll); and the American's adviser and erstwhile bedmate (Judy Kuhn), who falls in love with the Soviet. Theirs is not a charming Ninotchka-style romance: the CIA and the KGB hover on the periphery, exploiting the players and the game. Offsetting the gloom are a clear narrative drive, Nunn's trademark cinematic staging, three superb leading performances by actors willing to be complex and unlikable and one of the best rock scores ever produced in the theater. This is an angry, difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bold Gambit by a Grand Master CHESS | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...trade. Didn't he understand that in the unwritten rules of political engagement there is a codicil that bars from the presidency any married man who has made a fool of himself in public with a 29-year-old model? What about his September promise not to hover around the other six candidates like "some Dickens figure"? A presidential campaign demands money, organization and delegate slates; all Hart has is a handful of volunteers and more than $1 million in leftover 1984 political debts. Even by the traditional standards of Democratic chaos and with the party's long history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghost Of Gary Past | 12/28/1987 | See Source »

...Weather: According to the latest reports, today's temps in the Carolinas will hover around the 50s. Duke wasn't exactly balmy last year, although the temperature in Durham exceeded that in Cambridge by a good 20 degrees...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Just a Few Things to Think About... | 12/5/1987 | See Source »

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