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This hunger is quite evident in a personality whose idea of recreation is getting behind the wheel of his BMW and outmaneuvering New York City taxi drivers. "Driving here is wonderful," he avers, "especially if you want to go fast. There's nothing greater than starting at 125th and Second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DILLER DOING IT HIS WAY | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

Clearly, the plot is an elaborate game: the challenge is to maneuver all these characters into the expected happy ending. Exactly how that comes to pass is, as one might expect, incredible; but opera was never famous for its realism. Suffice it to say that mothers are reunited with their...

Author: By Adam Kirsch, | Title: Dunster Triumphs in Marriage of Figaro | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

Dr. Hasan offered to acquire Health Net, but Greaves wasn't interested. He was about to convert Health Net into a for-profit company, a process that under California law required Health Net to establish an independent, nonprofit foundation and fund it with an amount equal to the company's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICAL CARE: THE SOUL OF AN HMO | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C. The White House urged Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole Monday to repudiate House Majority Leader Dick Armey's suggestion that any bill to raise the debt ceiling would also contain far-reaching policy changes such as the elimination of the Commerce Department. "His remarks are dangerous," Mike McCurry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Reckless Strategy? | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

Only someone with particular tenacity would remain a communist in Russia throughout the 1990s and then manage to maneuver the party back to the brink of power. The son of village schoolteachers in southwestern Russia, Zyuganov began his career as a full-time party worker in 1967. He was serving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW DARK A RED IS HE? | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

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