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...dealmaking, of course, remains in the hands of Culkin's agents -- and his father, former actor Kit Culkin. Mack seems oblivious to his box-office worth, playing pranks on his teachers and giving his favorite answer to most interview questions: "Maybe." As for his future, he doesn't give it much thought. Says he: "I think about, like, tomorrow we get to leave school early. We leave early on Tuesdays and Fridays." But this is a little boy whom major studios desperately want in their futures -- at almost any price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Home, but Not Alone | 12/9/1991 | See Source »

...particularly want to," he says, "but I'm going to have to find something else besides what had been a very secure and comfortable way to save." Such dilemmas seem certain to grow more acute so long as interest rates remain the only instrument in Washington's tool kit for fixing the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy Down and Dirty | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

This year, Carril returns four out of the five starters from last year's team. The only player missing is center Kit Mueller, 1990-91 Ivy Player of the Year. He will be missed, but freshman recruit Rick Hielschler can fill the void...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Princeton Leads the Ivy League Pack ... Again | 11/19/1991 | See Source »

Each side also faces internal contradictions in its own position. The question the radicals must answer is, Why are they Christians at all? Many radicals argue that the way to religious empowerment was pioneered by Jesus as if he were a kind of Kit Carson of the soul. But who needs pioneers once the frontier is opened? It often seems that the radicals cling to Jesus for the sake of the name ID and some pretty 19th century buildings erected in his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Of Church Pews And Bedrooms | 8/26/1991 | See Source »

Making one's own, as a growing number of amateurs have discovered, is not hard either. All you need is some decent wine and a starter kit (cost: $79 or so), which includes a barrel and a "mother" -- the bacterial agent that in three weeks or so transforms the wine into acetic acid. There can be a downside to the hobby. Jeanette and Pierre Garneau of Nantucket, Mass., started producing small amounts a few years ago and now sell 1,500 bottles a year to New England specialty stores. The problem, says Jeanette, is that "we always smell like vinegar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tasty Touch Of Acid | 7/22/1991 | See Source »

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