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...road, Dole comes across as a much happier warrior than in the grim corridors of the Capitol. "My mother-in-law," he observes wryly, "tells me that I should smile more." He has good reason now. Though Dole turned 71 last month, chance has provided another pass at the prize he first sought in 1980. After he lost the nomination to George Bush in 1988, Dole recalls, he ! concluded that it "was probably the end. It seemed to me that that was my best shot." But serving as Senate G.O.P. leader under a Democratic President has allowed him to regain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shadow President | 8/22/1994 | See Source »

John Goodman and Elizabeth Perkins as the eponymous heads of household, Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell as the Rubbles, and Elizabeth Taylor, who plays Fred's insulting, overbearing mother-in-law, all tread a nice, comically persuasive line between caricature and naturalism under Brian Levant's direction. And while more than 30 writers worked on the screenplay and untold numbers labored to re-create the ambiance and effects that the animators once tossed off with a few squiggles of their pencils, The Flintstones doesn't feel overcalculated, over-produced or overthought. Nor, however, is it aimed solely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Maverick Is Painless, the Flintstones Is Fun | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

Fenton says his legal troubles began when he was a photojournalist in Medfield during the 1950s. At the time, one of Fenton's high school friends, Wade Henderson, committed suicide after shooting his mother-in-law...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Homeless Candidate Vows to Take on `Corrupt' Legal System | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

...officers who took me to the river bragged about killing Wade Henderson and his mother-in-law," Fenton says. "I was accepted to law school--I wasn't going to commit suicide...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Homeless Candidate Vows to Take on `Corrupt' Legal System | 5/6/1994 | See Source »

...House, and then later on ABC's Prime Time Live and Nightline, millions of Americans wanted to know: Where on earth did he get that saggy pale green sweater? TIME has learned -- from sources deep inside Leach's office -- that it was a gift from his mother-in-law. No word about its last dry cleaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accessory of the Week | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

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