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...proselytizing. This is no time for converting the heathen. Glazed eyes, a slack jaw and frantic waving to a long lost friend are tell-tale signs of terminal boredom...

Author: By Lorraine Lezama, | Title: Tips for the Socially Challenged | 11/25/1992 | See Source »

WITH HIS PHOTO-OP JAW, LUSTROUS CREST OF HAIR and baritone voice, Sol Wachtler could have played a judge on television if he had not actually been one. As chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, Wachtler headed one of the nation's most influential state courts. State Republican leaders wanted him to challenge Mario Cuomo if the New York Governor chose to run again in 1994. But nobody is talking much about Wachtler's political future any longer. It's hard to envision the campaign trail of a man under house arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There Goes The Judge | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...world. Twist it, she's a funny little troll. Smile like the Queen of Sheba, she is the Queen of Sheba, a knee-weakening beauty (don't doubt it; like Meryl Streep, who's also less than a stunner, Whoopi can play beauty). Shove out her jaw, she's a bad-mouth male junkie -- yeah, name's Fontaine, attitude's his game, what's your problem? Flash that 82-toothed thousand- watter, time to watch your wallet. Smile shyly, she's a little kid, you want to give her a glass of milk and a couple of cookies. Thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Joy of Being Whoopi Goldberg | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

Though his portly presence can be intense and forbidding, Acting Secretary of State LAWRENCE EAGLEBURGER is blowing light fresh air into Foggy Bottom with the force of a hurricane. One jaw-dropping sign of change can be found on the laminated luggage tags used on official trips. Instead of the staid State Department seal, the tags now feature the "Little Larry Logo," a jolly caricature of Eagleburger, briefcase in hand, tootling off to his next destination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lightening Up | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

...member of South Africa's equestrian contingent, was red-eyed with exhaustion and excitement. "For 30 years," he said, "I have dreamed of this. When they told me I was going to the Games, I could not open my mouth for three hours. I could not even move my jaw. This is something I will never forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benvinguts to the Catalan Games! | 8/3/1992 | See Source »

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