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Call them the "No, but . . . " generation. No, they are not feminists, or so they say, but they do take certain rights for granted. "I reject the feminist label, but I guess I'd call myself an egalitarian," says Leslie Sandberg, 27, a political-campaign worker in Boston, whose attitude seems typical of her generation. "I'm feminine, not a feminist," insists Linn Thomas, an Auburn University senior, in another variation on the theme. Adds Thomas: "I picture a feminist as someone who is masculine and who doesn't shave her legs and is doing everything she can to deny that...
Marisol, the renowned wood sculptor, fashioned the figures on the cover from pinewood and plywood and hand-painted the suit. Marisol also did TIME's Hugh Hefner cover in 1967 and the Nixon-Kissinger Men of the Year cover for 1972. Although she supports feminist causes, Marisol prefers another label. "I'm not a feminist," says she. "I'm an artist...
...Galileo spacecraft by warning that a shuttle explosion could rain plutonium on Florida. In Wisconsin he has helped start a boycott of dairy products from cows that are being fed a genetically engineered growth hormone. Indeed, Rifkin's success at blocking research projects led one biotech newsletter to label him "the Abominable...
...short, Branagh seems as remote from Laurence Olivier as, say, Sandra Bernhard is from Sarah Bernhardt. Yet the English press praises him -- damns him too -- as "the new Olivier." If the label is unfair to both men (at 28, even Olivier was not yet "Olivier"), it is correct to suggest a family resemblance. For, like Olivier, Branagh has a resume to match his notoriety...
...finish line. As we improve, so does our competition. Five years ago, we would have found that disheartening. Today we find it invigorating." That kind of ambition is essential, because U.S. manufacturers still have considerable catching up to do. If they are successful, the MADE IN THE U.S.A. label will once again stand for excellence, not just sentimental patriotism...