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There are lots of other people's feelingsfloating around in, even splattered onto, thisfilm: we are shown various couples spatting,making up, Camille and Maxim exchanging tenderkisses, but the camera passes coldly over all ofthese as if Stephane were guiding it, and there islittle explanation given implicitly or otherwisefor this...

Author: By Alexandra Jacobs, | Title: Not Quite Love at First Sight | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

To pass his legislation, Clinton must hold together a fragile alliance of liberals and conservatives. George Bush sponsored a package that was similar in many ways to Clinton's, only to see it die in the Senate. To forestall such failure, Clinton's bill depends largely on a clever bit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: President Clinton: Laying Down the Law | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

A. I think it's important that we look not with labels, not with shorthand terms, not with partisan politics but with good, hard-nosed common sense, that we make sure we fund what we think can work so that we don't do it halfway.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Janet Reno: Those Kids Are So Eager | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

Once again, it was a week of discouraging economic reports. The index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in May. In the same month new-home sales plunged to a 12-month low, despite the best mortgage rates in two decades. One possible reason: the index of consumer confidence sank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest June 27-July 3 | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

Thom Jones' first book is a sheaf of extraordinary short stories, most of them about scarred, damaged men on the far side of violence. The viewpoint doesn't vary much: a straight-on, wondering stare back through the wreckage. The narrator of the superb title story cripples another Marine in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scar Tissue | 6/28/1993 | See Source »

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