Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mars discovery made us wonder not only about whether there was life on Mars, but also why life exists at all. It was an ideal story for TIME, which has always sought to wrestle with the ramifications of startling headlines; just last February we did a cover called "Is Anybody Out There?" after scientists found evidence of two distant planets that seemed to have water. We jumped on the Mars story last week, scheduling pieces by former science editor Leon Jaroff, new writer Jeffrey Kluger (who co-wrote the book that became the basis for Apollo 13), correspondent J. Madeleine...
This he does. For like Shelton's other heroes, Roy is a purist. His quest is not necessarily for the best score--an enterprise that needs caution and compromise--but for that near unattainable ideal, the perfectly struck golf ball, which requires oneness with the universe. That a foolhardy opportunity to achieve that state arises on the last hole of the Open is the kind of bad dumb luck he's used to; this guy's been playing out of the existential rough all his life...
Prince William is the ideal king-in-waiting, having inherited the best features of his parents: his mother's good looks and his father's devotion to duty. There is no doubt that William is a breath of fresh air. MAHMOUD RAKHSHANI Toronto...
...Like writer-director Ron (Bull Durham, Cobb) Shelton's other heroes, golfer Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a purist. His quest is not necessarily for the best score -->