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Unlike Bush, Clinton or anyone else who has seriously run for the White House since Dwight Eisenhower, Perot is defined almost entirely by his person rather than by specific issue positions. Asked his views in an April TV interview on the upcoming environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro, Perot gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's Ready, But Is America ready for PRESIDENT PEROT? | 5/25/1992 | See Source »

Although tutors should not tolerate bigotry, neither should they respond to it with a knee-jerk threat. Ignatiev's letter makes him seem more like a petulant child than a responsible adult, more like a person in need of guidance than able to offer it to others.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Act Responsibly or Resign | 4/1/1992 | See Source »

Yes, the tennis pros of both sexes are petulant, greedy children. Yes, their agents, management execs, tournament directors and manufacturers' reps have the fresh, openhearted appeal of plant lice. No doubt Andre Agassi's extensive entourage is as pompous and absurd as Feinstein says, and somehow it is not startling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Balls And Brats | 9/2/1991 | See Source »

Notwithstanding the benefits he may bring to the cough drop industry, Eggleston is a walking argument against student participation in the search. The selection of Harvard's next president requires calm deliberation, not petulant diatribes.

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: One Vote Against Democracy | 11/13/1990 | See Source »

This is hardly a new complaint. TV critics earn their spurs by lamenting the lack of adventurous fare on network TV. Often the plea reflects a petulant idealism. One cannot expect weekly artistic innovations on a medium that churns out thousands of hours of entertainment each year. The stress on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Novelty Is Only Skin Deep | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

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