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Her face was obscured at first by a small gray dot, then by a big blue one. Most stations bleeped out her name when it was mentioned during the trial. And news editors across the country wrestled with a tough question: whether to override a basic principle of journalism -- to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was She Right to Go Public? | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

The visa lottery -- it's been dubbed the Irish sweepstakes -- has enterprising immigrants filling out hundreds of applications in the hope of improving their chances. Fears that revealing their names and addresses will make them vulnerable to arrest and deportation have been muted because the names are being collected by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration Give Me Your Rich, Your Lucky . . . | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

But the most egregious case of this preference for dictators, particularly for their ability to bring "stability" to those parts of the world deemed * too primitive to tolerate democracy, is Saddam Hussein. For it was Bush who saved Saddam. In the crucial days after the gulf war, when the Shi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Loved Dictators | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

Inevitably, fads fade, but while the mitt is still a hit, Mark Paliafito's company is lining up commercial sponsors who will stamp their logos on the Super Grip Ball. He also plans to make disks 7 ft. in diameter for team play. By next year, five new versions are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The (Sticky) Fad of Summer | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

About 90% of the White House staff is in muted rebellion against Sununu. Members of Congress with few exceptions are in open contempt. The power establishment in the capital doesn't want Sununu around. Some Republican Party donors are talking about buttoning up their wallets if Sununu remains in office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Why Bush Has Trouble Firing Sununu | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

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