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Perot will marshal the responses to demonstrate that Americans want reforms more drastic than either the White House or Congress is considering. If Clinton has often cribbed from Perot's text about the deficit and other issues, Perot keeps raising the standard to demonstrate that Clinton is only a reformer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heckler in Chief | 3/29/1993 | See Source »

Disneyland opened in 1955, at the dawn of the last great Age of World's Fairs, and Disney World opened in 1971, at its close. Neither date is a coincidence: the existence of Disney theme parks on three continents has diminished, if not spoiled, the once-in-a-lifetime thrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All's Fair in Seville | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

Besides, Leopold (Gerard Depardieu), the town drunk who also happens to be the town innkeeper, creates all the melodramatic hubbub their little community can tolerate -- or a good movie requires. A poet manque as well as a sometime black marketeer, he has the manners of a thug and the soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After War, a Witch Hunt | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

BILL COSBY: WHERE YOU LAY YOUR HEAD (Verve). Jazz buff and drummer manque, the Cos directs an assortment of talented sidemen in five numbers written by Cosby and his longtime musical collaborator, Stu Gardner. The material is mainstream, mostly danceable, occasionally overcalculated -- sounding more like a jazz score than the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: May 14, 1990 | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

As of 1963, the three Libner lads have not spoken for what they indifferently estimate as three to five years, all being sure they have nothing but genes in common. The eldest, Marvin (Daniel Stern), is an officious straight arrow. The youngest, Bobby (Patrick Dempsey), is a juvenile delinquent manque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: On The Road | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

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