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...School Ties, Matt Damon '92-'93 plays Charlie Dillon, a rich young bigot at a New England prep school. In real life, though, Matt Damon is more like your next-door neighbor. In fact, he just might be: Damon is a senior at Harvard...

Author: By Danielle A. Phillip, | Title: Real Life Matt Damon Nothing Like Character He Plays in Emotional New Movie School Ties | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

...stand-up bits have been reduced to brief punctuation marks at the beginning and end of each show, and the supporting characters have been fleshed out: Julia Louis-Dreyfus as his brittle ex-girlfriend Elaine, Jason Alexander as his sad-sack friend George, and Michael Richards as goony next-door neighbor Kramer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian On The Make | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...part, Clinton's prominence is due to the flatness of the field around him. Massachusetts' Paul Tsongas will probably be considered a regional candidate even if he wins the Feb. 18 primary in next-door New Hampshire. Jerry Brown is still orbiting a distant planet. Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey has been tarnished by conflict-of-interest reports, his failure to flesh out a specific message beyond a comprehensive national health-care plan, and an emerging perception that he is little more than a biography in a suit. And then there is Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, whose embodiment of Rooseveltian notions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Why Clinton Is Catching On | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

...Because they live in a consumer society where every day means a struggle, where they have to work very hard in order to lead a decent life, and where everyone has to take care of himself without being able to count on anyone else, a friend or the next-door neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day with the Chess Player | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

Probably the most embarrassed over the missing text is Pennsylvania, which will be host of the bicentennial celebration of the charter's ratification in Philadelphia next year. "We have no idea what happened to our copy," says the state's head archivist, Harry Whipkey. Next-door Delaware can't provide a copy either; like Maryland, Delaware returned its version to the Federal Government after the Bill of Rights' ratification. So Philadelphia officials are now contemplating crossing the Delaware to see if they can borrow New Jersey's original for the festivities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Documents: Anyone Find a Bill of Rights? | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

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