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...feared that he's seen as stiff and sardonic, still perceived as a hatchet man by those who recall his slash-and-burn campaign tactics as Gerald Ford's 1976 vice-presidential running mate, well, then maybe he was right to use network TV's hippest show to lighten his image...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EYES ON THE PRIZE | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

Athletes commonly work with teammates takingthe same classes to lighten each individualworkload. And they rely on assistance and advicefrom older teammates who've learned tricks togetting it all done...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: 'Dumb Jocks' at Harvard: Debunking the Myth | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

Both Friend and Layzer say they have several ideas for the course's future. For example, they say they want to lighten the workload slightly...

Author: By Anne M. Stiles, | Title: Science Course Offers Choice | 1/25/1995 | See Source »

...once in office, Clinton seemed not so much a friend of the working class as a captive of the economic and cultural elites. Most disastrously for the Democrats, he failed to understand that the most powerful expression of middle-class economic anxiety is an insistence that the government lighten the burden of taxation by shrinking itself and its role in the nation's life. "I was angry that every problem identified by Washington was considered a crisis and that the only answer they could come up with was to throw more money at it," said Bill Kovach, 39, a Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: Stampede! | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

...that a children's entertainment will destroy real history have little faith in history. Disney's America is an amusement for kids who bring their parents along for the ride. The issue of urban sprawl is serious. The suggestion of cultural desecration is not. As the kids would say, "Lighten up, guys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Afraid of Virginia's Mouse? | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

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