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...message." In the meantime, "he's having the time of his life," says writer Peggy Noonan, a friend who also helped polish Forbes' announcement speech. But his 18-hour days on the campaign trail are anything but a holiday. At a Burger King in Iowa City recently (Forbes is keen on the French fries), he was approached by a woman holding a baby in one arm and a Whopper in the other, who asked Forbes whether running for President was his hobby, like ballooning was his father's. Forbes grimaced, then recovered and replied graciously, "I assure you, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BRASS-KNUCKLED GENTLEMAN: STEVE FORBES | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...music was ferocious and keen, but the Beatles made sure they were seen as decent boy-os from Liverpool. They worked fantastically hard--a concert in Hull, then drive down to London for a recording session and back home the same day for a radio interview. They appeared on all the popular TV variety shows, allowing the hosts to make genial mock of Beatlemania. The album underlines the band's close ties to mainstream British show biz. It was this grounding that helped them endure and enjoy their success with such amazing poise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FREE AS A BEATLE | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...With a keen eye for the absurdity both in our lives and in Eugene lonesco's play, directors Andras Forgacs and Agnes Dunogue presented a well-planned Lesson to audiences at the Loeb Experimental Theatre November 16-19. The Lesson is a short play (one hour long) ostensibly about a high-strung professor and his too-eager pupil. From the beginning of the play we get a sense of the ominous, as the professor's maid ushers in the fresh-faced girl with a look of disdain and a note of warning...

Author: By Emily J. Wood, | Title: Ionesco's Apt Lesson Sends Up Its Own Questions | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

...hard sell for Clinton. We won't know for sure what will happen until members of Congress come back from the Thanksgiving recess next Monday and Tuesday. But they are out in their home districts right now, listening to constituents tell them they're not too keen about sending their sons and daughters to Bosnia. If you took a vote today, you couldn't get it through." On the other hand, says Tumulty, Congress has always been relunctant to tie the hands of the Commander-in-Chief. "I wouldn't be surprised if Clinton tries to get Tudjman, Milosevic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BATTLE TO COME | 11/22/1995 | See Source »

...hard sell for Clinton. We won't know for sure what will happen until members of Congress come back from the Thanksgiving recess next Monday and Tuesday. But they are out in their home districts right now, listening to constituents tell them they're not too keen about sending their sons and daughters to Bosnia. If you took a vote today, you couldn't get it through." On the other hand, says Tumulty, Congress has always been reluctant to tie the hands of the Commander-in-Chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BATTLE TO COME | 11/21/1995 | See Source »

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