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...observers of depravity would, in fact, be stunned by the chaos of manners and speech, by the hellish ubiquity of crime and the easy -- one might almost say the democratic -- availability of drugs; by the new varieties of decadence -- rock songs about rape and suicide, pornography at the corner newsstand, commercials for S&M clubs on your friendly cable channel, not to mention telephone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year 2000 | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

Twenty-six people, mostly women from Wheelock College, participated in the yearly rally sponsored by two local anti-pornography groups. Marching around the newsstand, they charged that Sports Illustrated, in its only issue devoted to women, treats them as objects, not athletes...

Author: By Alison E. Mckenzie, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Twenty-Six Protest Swimsuit Magazine | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

Dirt will have a limited newsstand test in late October, and the premier issue will be available next spring. The current Dirt is crammed with dark graphics and dense type. Articles range from a 23-year-old convict's account of life in an urban gang to Lewman's good-grooming checklist. Shampoos, he notes, are recommended "before school pictures and whenever your hair looks stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk About Dishing Up Dirt! | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...nation's news media to carry the story about the official raised serious questions about journalistic ethics and quality control. The article exposing the official was printed last week by the Advocate, a Los Angeles- based gay magazine published every two weeks. In a blatant bid for publicity and newsstand sales, the magazine faxed dozens of advance copies to mainstream journalists. The cover line referred to "outing" the official, a ( gay neologism for exposure of a homosexual by other homosexuals. The author, Michelangelo Signorile, pioneered the tactic in the defunct New York City gay magazine, OutWeek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Out Or Not to Out | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

Forbes is out with its annual billionaire list (274 of them, 96 American), and you're rushing to the newsstand to see whether any of your drinking buddies are on it. A billion smacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, Herbie, Don't Be Ridiculous | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

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