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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...More Mister Moms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest September 19-27 | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...reference to "Bomb Scare" (July 2, 1993), that is suspicious, indeed. What is this old place coming to when a high-ranking person is called, and, worse yet, addressed as "Mister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: With Friends Like These... | 7/13/1993 | See Source »

AMID THE VIDEO JUNK FOOD OF CHILDREN'S TELEVIsion are still such educational entrees as Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, G.I. Joe . . . G.I. JOE? Who would call a weekly cartoon plug for war toys educational? Your local TV broadcaster, that's who. A 1990 law forces stations seeking license renewal to show a commitment to educational programming, but some have stymied the legislation by solemnly labeling such frivolous fare as The Flintstones, The Jetsons and G.I. Joe "educational...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackboard Jumble | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

...amalgam of born- * again witnessing and self-help testifying, of the church and the couch; you half expect his budget package to be a 12-step program. "I used to play my saxophone a lot, sometimes when I was angry but usually when I was lonely," Clinton told Mister Rogers during the Salute to Children. "I could play for hours and hours and hours, and I wouldn't be lonely anymore." While turning confession into anecdote, he displays a genial sincerity. It is said that the two hardest phrases for an actor to make convincing are "I believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock Around the Clock | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...once concealed and intensified by easy courtesy. Yet the other thing always said about Matthiessen is that he's persistently tried to escape the comfort of his upbringing and put himself in wild places where privilege has no meaning. At 65 he's already spent a decade wrestling with Mister Watson, the fierce and accursed and untamable killer who was, by all accounts, "a good husband and a loving father, an expert and dedicated farmer, successful businessman and good neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laureate of The Wild: PETER MATTHIESSEN | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

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