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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile, Jesse Jackson won his first elective office by becoming the district's "shadow" Senator, providing him with a high-profile platform from which to launch another presidential run. The unsalaried job, which carries no voting privileges, will be used to lobby for statehood. Civil rights activist and law professor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Notes District of Columbia: Bye-Bye, Barry | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

None of the quiz questions amounted to a revelation, and most had been collated by pop psychologists before. Does your spouse or significant other talk confidently about a subject on which he or she previously showed ignorance, or even hostility? Is Sally Jesse Raphael being quoted around the house a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV: I'M Working Late Tonight, Dear | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Alas, poor Cyrano. For decades he has been little more than a rumor of antique flourishes, known to the mass American audience mainly as the source of Steve Martin's genial little comedy Roxanne. Swordsman and poet, idealist and unrequited lover, born rebel as well as natural nobleman, the hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Return of The Swashbuckler | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Well, yes, but that was only part of the upset's anatomy. Wellstone, 46, is a veteran political organizer for liberal causes. In 1983 he was arrested for trespassing while participating in a farmers' protest, and he served as a state coordinator for Jesse Jackson's 1988 campaign. With an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senators: North Carolina, Minnesota Boschwitz Botches It | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

This crude tactic affronted voters of all faiths. It also drowned out Boschwitz's attack on Wellstone's expensive proposals for a national health- care scheme and other ambitious programs. The result was a 51%-49% vote for the outsider destined to star in the Senate's left wing. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senators: North Carolina, Minnesota Boschwitz Botches It | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

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