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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President Clinton has worked to park himself squarely in the political center, the Republicans have had to reject their traditions in order to differentiate themselves on the issues. Thus when Clinton saw their balanced budget demand, they raised their wager to include a 15 percent tax cut. When the President proposed a crime plan with 100,000 new police on the streets, 100,000 new jail cells and an expansion of the death penalty, the Republicans leapt forward to denounce him for including funds for "midnight basketball," one of George Bush's 1000 Points of Light. When President Clinton pushed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stuck in the Middle With You | 10/8/1996 | See Source »

...blame my lack of knowledge of Boston on the T, since I've found that even going short distances into the city always take forever. If I want to go across the river to B.U. I have to go nearly to Rhode Island and back, or at least into Park St. I'm much too impatient for that, so, over the years, I have found myself staying on campus most of the time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Accidental Tourist | 10/8/1996 | See Source »

Giddy with that thought, and getting sad about being a senior, instead of going straight back to Harvard on the Red line, I bravely changed trains at Park Street, and spent the rest of the day exploring on the T. Conquering my hatred for the green line, I hopped on the D Train...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Accidental Tourist | 10/8/1996 | See Source »

...been a matter of dispute, but now scholars of the subject agree that Bessette and Kennedy first met in 1992, when he chatted her up one day in Central Park as she was running. At the time, he was seeing actress Daryl Hannah. Shortly afterward, Kennedy appeared at Calvin Klein. One of Bessette's tasks was to help celebrities do their shopping, and she was given the Kennedy assignment. That day he bought three suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BY GEORGE, HE GOT MARRIED! | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...February their lovers' quarrel in Central Park was captured on an amateur's videotape, which tabloid TV shows replayed over and over again. Yelling, Bessette and Kennedy shoved each other, and he took a ring (possibly an engagement ring) from her finger. Before he stalked off, he also tried to grab the dog they owned together, but she screamed, "You've got my ring--you're not getting my dog!" What the TV clip usually did not include was the reconciliation, which occurred within minutes of the fight. The pair kissed and were seen together the next night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BY GEORGE, HE GOT MARRIED! | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

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