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Now that the G.O.P. primary campaign is under way, money is the first order of business--and often the second and third. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter spends four hours every morning cold-calling prospects, sometimes making a joking promise to suburban Philadelphia lawyers that if he loses, he won't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MONEY CHASE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

Yet on Tuesday Feb. 21, amid the pit's uproar, Leeson replied quite evenly to a question from an A.P.-Dow Jones reporter curious about rumors that the Englishman was making huge purchases on the Japanese and Singapore exchanges on behalf of his London-based investment bank. Leeson coolly explained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicholas Leeson: GOING FOR BROKE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

In a dinner conversation two weeks ago with a group of TIME editors and correspondents, the Cuban leader talked of everything from the perfidy of his former Soviet allies to the numerous attempts on his life by the U.S., joking that he holds an ``Olympic record'' in surviving assassination plots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPEN FOR BUSINESS | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

Though Nicky's affair with Wendy provides a central plot line for the film, the shenanigans of Nicky's crew are more interesting and unpredictable. Ralph (Nicholas Turturro) is the most engaging of the guys who get together to play poker, get drunk and engage in the kind of good...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: Slow, Tough Climb Up `Hill' | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

Alright, alright, I was just joking, but if it were at all possible, I'm not the only one who would approve of such a move.

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: Me, Ben And Jerry | 1/18/1995 | See Source »

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