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...girth of Mark McGwire's forearm is greater than that of a large man's neck; his biceps look as if they've been inflated with a bicycle pump. Your hand could conceivably disappear in his; if he chose, it could certainly be crushed. Yet something other than his pure physicality strikes you about McGwire. Revealed in his deep green eyes is a self-knowledge as imposing as his size and strength: I am who I am, what you see is what you get, and if I'm going to hit 70 home runs, well, that's what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark McGwire': A Mac For All Seasons | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...much work. When I retired from teaching, I began to visit schools and speak to kids about not smoking. My message was, "Nobody told me, but I'm telling you: Look what tobacco did to me." Then I'd whip open my shirt and show the hole in my neck. That's when I know I'm getting through to them. The shock of what cancer can do is the real thing. BILL MOSS Miami

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...thoughtful lover, natural dad-in-the-making. He reveals that through the comic grace he's displayed since Splash. It is a nice reminder that this ordinary-looking guy--with the repetitive crunches in that pensive space between his eyebrows and, at 42, a bit of a Michelin Man neck--is the avatar of Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy. Our suavest, most grounded light-romantic star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

Wednesday, Feb. 4 From Meg To: Tom The best thing I saw today was a very gleeful bicyclist zooming uptown, stopped right near me on the corner of 57th. While he was waiting to cross he started playing his Game Boy which he had slung around his neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: We've Got Their Mail | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

...allowed to write in any name they wanted to. One contingent, which included many members of the gay community, was pulling for Matthew Shepard, the gay college student from Wyoming who was murdered last October. Another major bloc was backing pro wrestler Mick Foley. Before long the two were neck and neck for the lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Man of the Year Poll Roils Internet | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

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