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...crazier and kinkier the facts in the Starr report, the better for President Clinton. Paradoxical but true. The worse it is, the more we'll understand why he wanted to keep it all under wraps. Understanding, we'll forgive the abuse of power even as we shake our heads at Clinton's goofy libido, which is, in itself, hardly impeachable. MICHAEL J.E. HANSON Sioux Falls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 5, 1998 | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...however, the ranks of crime writers are as beleaguered as any other by the need for compromise. The battle rarely focuses on setting, which may be urban or rural, domestic or foreign, modern or ancient, or on subject matter, for which these days the rule seems to be the kinkier the better. The clash comes instead over format. Most writers seem to prefer one-shot stories, as full of catharsis as a classic tragedy, while publishers -- and readers -- clamor for series in which a likable, marketable character appears again and again. The series hero offers predictable pleasures, and some outstanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: To Be or Not to Be | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

...Claude's sultry wife. Trying to look angry at Claude, she seems only catatonic. Producers Marvin Worth and Joe Wizan perhaps cast Kinski for other attributes which she displays generously and frequently. Expect no eroticism, though: the onetime star of Cat People and snake-loving poster pinup gets no kinkier than seducing Moore with a pig's mask...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: Hilarious Marriage | 2/17/1984 | See Source »

...headquarters, and he is probably familiar with idiot candidates as well. Bryan E. Clark is superbly smarmy as the campaign manager, Forbesy Russell is appropriately nubile as the blonde, and Richard Kuss gives one of the funniest performances of the year as a Congressman who enjoys kinky sex and kinkier politics. For long stretches they make you forget that Winning really isn't. - Gerald Clarke

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Losing Race | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...about to become President. (Playboy has been capitalizing on Carter's famous word ever since, assuring advertisers that the Playboy reader's "lust for life" makes him an impulsive big spender.) Within the past year, while Penthouse in particular has made its inside text more blatant and kinkier, both Playboy and Penthouse have toned down the nudity of their covers. Guccione, whose Penthouse makes more money for news dealers than any other magazine, is concerned about the small-town Midwest distributor "whose wife plays pinochle with all the local wives." On request, Guccione supplies free "blinder racks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: Merchants of Raunchiness | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

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