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...time, a truly prophetic aura. One of these is Eternity (1935). Three pedestals in a museum, with a red rope stretched in front of them. On the left one, a medieval head of Christ. On the right, a head of Dante. In the center, a block of butter. A jab at the contented Belgian stomach, 60 years ago; but today you can't help thinking of the lumps of fat by Joseph Beuys that are enshrined in the world's museums, as though Magritte had been conducting satire in advance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Poker-Faced Enchanter | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

...Quayle's jab at a TV goddess obscures a serious debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...time for hardball, to show that I can stand up. This is especially crucial since you're hearing that I am too cautious." Beating the "too- cautious" rap explains why Clinton's second TV strike is a 30-second attack on congressional pay raises, a thinly veiled jab at Kerrey and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, both of whom voted for the salary increases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: The Self-Making of a Front Runner | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

That day, this man, who though over four times my age could definitely knock me out, showed me how to jab. "Jab! Jab!" he said. And I jabbed, jabbed. When I was good at the jab--when I punched "like your hand was coming out of a pipe!"--Tommy screamed, "Now give 'em a right! Yah! Yah!" And so I did. And so I grew...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Finding Myself in the Ring | 1/10/1992 | See Source »

Nicknames aside, boxing has made me a new man with a new confidence in myself. After 19 years on this earth, I can finally look someone square in the eye, shake his or her hand and know that I can give him or her a jab! And a right...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Finding Myself in the Ring | 1/10/1992 | See Source »

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