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...Donald, however, should take heart from other figures' results in the poll. While 23 percent take Trump seriously as a potential politician, only 13 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of possible presidential candidate Warren "Bulworth" Beatty, while sometimes-touted political aspirants Oprah Winfrey and Cybill Shepard garner just 16 percent and 6 percent, respectively. As Bill Bradley and, earlier, Ronald Reagan have proved, you first have to make voters think of you as a politician before they'll take an actor or a sportsman seriously as a potential tenant of the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Donald and Warren ? Run for Governor First | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...Number of extra copies of Janet Fitch's White Oleander printed after it was selected for Oprah's book club, up from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Oct. 11, 1999 | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...life of charity. Miss Ola was sincere, sweet, hardworking and God-fearing. During one of my last conversations with her, she asked about the condition of everyone in my family by name--but she was the one in the hospital. Though Miss Ola dined with President Clinton, chatted with Oprah Winfrey and helped ring in the New Year in Times Square, she never lost her humility or her grace. Miss Ola gave up the peace and quiet she had grown to cherish over the years, doing whatever was requested and not once asking for anything in return. Her gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: OSEOLA MCCARTY | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...least Zwick and Herskovitz hope you do. "I think the culture is more open now to the vicissitudes of human behavior," says Herskovitz. And in this highly confessional, Oprah-era America, whose very President is an over-emoting boomer man-child, he just might be right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Boomer Bards | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...police officer, three social workers and a foster mother who has taken in seven drug-addicted babies. CRACK has mounted a toll-free hot line, a website cracksterilization.com and billboards in four states. It opened a chapter in Chicago last month and has garnered attention from the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters. Radio shrink Dr. Laura Schlessinger contributed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benevolent Bribery--Or Racism? | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

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