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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thus, Darwin was wrong, or so political humorist Mort Sahl would have you believe...

Author: By Claire P. Prestel, | Title: Sahl Jokes, Offers Criticism | 10/8/1994 | See Source »

From its early days, hipness had its aboveground successes -- the movies of James Dean, the comedy routines of Mort Sahl or Mike Nichols and Elaine May. But it took the full emergence of the baby boomers in the '60s to make hipness a force in mass culture. The hipster's stylish alienation was irresistible to youth, for whom style is the best defense against anxiety and alienation is the natural state. For suburban teens in particular, hipness became what romance novels were for Madame Bovary: an antidote to the featureless local realities. In subdivisions where the lawn sprinklers went back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Everyone Is Hip . . . Is Anyone Hip? | 8/8/1994 | See Source »

...recently released disclosure forms, the Clintons chose to hang on to picture frames from Tom Hanks (value: $530); silk neckties from Donna Karan ($255); and sneakers with CLINTON printed on the tongues, from an Arkansas shoe manufacturer ($525). The faux- Magritte-ish painting (detail left) Stewardship by Greg Mort ($1,200) was a gift of the artist and his wife that was presented to the Clintons by their real friends Tom and Cynthia Schneider after the President saw it at their Maryland home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pipe Racks Go to the Smithsonian | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

...Mort's criticism is that [Breyer] is notpolitically correct," Dershowitz said. "Mort isthe standard bearer for political correctness andthe Harvard Law School and I think his views haveto be taken with a grain of salt...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Breyer Nominated For High Court | 5/16/1994 | See Source »

...subject gingerly, making its hero a saint and a near monogamist. Cyril Collard's French film Savage Nights is defiantly incorrect, even reckless, in its political agenda. Its hero is a fellow who is HIV positive but continues to have unprotected sex. C'est la vie. C'est la mort. No big difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: C'est La Mort | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

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