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...Ross Perot, he has an intuitive feel for America's changing patterns. He is comfortable with women as equal partners in the workplace, in government and in marriages like his own. As an exemplar of the new South, he has dealt with blacks and gays, as well as good ole boys and businessmen, on a daily basis with mutual respect. And unlike any other prominent Democrat since Jimmy Carter, he is not tone deaf to the religious chords that can help bind American society. Not only does he know how to clap on the back-beat of gospel hymns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time for Courage | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...function of this book is not that of a guide to good usage or a & dictionary, though it is a necessary complement to both. Despite its peculiar shortcomings, it remains a sterling reference tool and deserves a bravo!, bravissimo!, well done!, ole! (Sp), bene! (Ital), hear, hear!, aha!; hurrah!; good!, fine!, excellent!, whizzo! (Brit), great!, beautiful!, swell!, good for you!, good enough!, not bad!, now you're talking!; way to go, attaboy!, attababy!, attagirl!, attagal!, good boy!, good girl!; that's the idea!, that's the ticket!; encore!, bis!, take a bow!, three cheers!, one cheer more!, congratulations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Satisfying Verbomania | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

...BOTTOM LINE: The grand ole rock opera gets an electrifying staging aimed at Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: See Me, Feel Me | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

Like Michael Dukakis, who was defeated by an ex-footballer after his first term as Governor of Massachusetts, Clinton set about recasting his political persona. But where Dukakis was given a light cosmetic coating, Clinton returned to his most authentic self -- the gregarious schmoozer and good ole boy. Arkansas had the least-developed single-party system of all those states studied by V.O. Key Jr. It lacked even factions within the one party. Personality alone formed shifting clots of political alliance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton : Beginning Of the Road | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...sure, most male physicians are good people who are certain that they act in their patients' best interest. They are, however, a product of the values of the male-dominated culture. "The good ole boy called Bubba who becomes a gynecologist is simply Dr. Bubba," says Smith. Moreover, he maintains that a strong subconscious motivation for many men who choose gynecology as a specialty is the "need to be in a powerful and controlling relationship with women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Just Don't UNDERSTAND | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

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