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...most accounts, John Kennedy is the key to why Glenn still has the itch to fly in space. When Glenn went aloft on Feb. 20, 1962, the U.S. was taking its first toddling steps on its long march to the moon. Although he was 40, Glenn figured he still had a lot of flying ahead of him. When he returned to Earth, he found otherwise. Like any other astronaut, he periodically approached Bob Gilruth, head of the Mercury program, to inquire about his position in the flight rotation; unlike any other astronaut, he was routinely stonewalled. "Headquarters doesn't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Glenn: Back To The Future | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...Marilyn Monroe stars in The Seven Year Itch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Of The Century | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...indeedy, that was your good friend Dr. K Flashing smiles and working her. little tush to get into the hottest parties in the city. Since Dr. K Knows you itch with curiosity, she'll fill you in. The scene this Spring was triumphant com-pared to the miserable post-fashion party scene this November. But the rebirth was may be a bit too much. Even hard core party girls like Dr. Know couldn't move fast enough-there were simply too many parties! Last weekend, new venues like 2 seven 7, Moomba, Lot 61 , Bondst, Veruka and Odeca...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: dear dr. know | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...supercurtly factual" permeated the magazine. "There Are 00 Trees in Russia," ran the title of a famous 1964 piece in Harper's magazine on TIME's obsessive fact-gathering and -checking systems, implying that the magazine had a sinister itch to make reality conform, through the use of plug-in facts, to the editors' preconceptions. Fair enough on occasion, but a little captious overall, in light of the magazine's scrupulous and expensive attention to accuracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A History: The Time Of Our Lives | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...That itch will make this coming weekend awkward for many students, like those who have surreptitiously moved in with a significant other, or those who introduced a boyfriend their first year and who now must introduce (or avoid introducing) a girlfriend, or those who risk their parents' misinterpretation of a friend who is really just a friend or a fling who is really just a fling, or those who would simply prefer to do without their parents' impromptu advice about which of various passers-by they should...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Here Come the Parents | 3/3/1998 | See Source »

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