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...Dinkins rarely raises his voice and disdains the finger-in-your-chest aggressiveness that has characterized New York politicians since the days of Tammany Hall. He is far more comfortable in quiet back-room negotiations than in public confrontations with unhappy constituents. His finest hour may have been the lavish hero's welcome the city provided in June for South African leader Nelson Mandela, for whom New York's warring ethnic groups seemed to put aside their differences during a three-day celebration of racial harmony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Decline Of New York | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...answer: because you don't need other people to lavish you with praise. You do a good job of it yourself. Football players, in contrast, are some of the most emotional and sensitive students on campus. They need encouragement, nurturing and love...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

...answer: because you don't need other people to lavish you with praise. You do a good job of it yourself. Football players, in contrast, are some of the most emotional and sensitive students on campus. They need encouragement, nurturing and love...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/12/1990 | See Source »

...answer: because you don't need other people to lavish you with praise. You do a good job of it yourself. Football players, in contrast, are some of the most emotional and sensitive students on campus. They need encouragement, nurturing and love...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...Kids are not at all defensive about being in-betweeners. Unlike their musical elders, who might fret about being corporately co-opted, these boys see sponsorship as just another welcome token of their sudden, lavish success. "Fans chasing me, McDonald's offering us endorsements -- to me, that's big," says Wahlberg, the group's offstage leader. "I mean, I came from food stamps and nothing. I'm not going to look at that and be, like, 'Oh, get out of here, McDonald's.' I'm like, 'You want to work with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Pop Stardom for Fun and Profit | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

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