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...seven members of the same family with RV jobs. It means that if you see an Amishman in a buggy horsing along State Route 13 in Middlebury, he may be going to his job at an RV factory. How can you not love a country in which the Plain People are fitting $100,000 motorized dens with BarcaLoungers, satellite dishes and microwaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greetings From America's Secret Capitals | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...chat had already moved on to new ones. If you want to express an opinion about our work in interspecies communication, that is your right, but your so-called transcript, with selected quotes and the omission of many lines of dialogue that provided context, deceived readers and was just plain bad journalism. Your readers can find a full transcript of the AOL chat with Koko at www.gorilla.org FRANCINE PATTERSON, Ph.D. President and Director of Research Gorilla Foundation Woodside, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 29, 1998 | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

JOEL SIEGEL, film critic, Good Morning America: "There are evil movies, like Triumph of the Will [1934], and incompetent ones, like Plan 9 from Outer Space [1958]. But then there are plain dreadful movies, like The Bonfire of the Vanities [1990; photo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Rosebud To Road House | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...wear, a younger collection called Miu Miu, menswear, underwear and sportswear. Prada's design sense has made her the most influential designer of the decade, with a ripple effect being felt as far down as the Gap. She has an exquisite offbeat sensibility, creating clothes that look simple, even plain, but are incredibly luxurious. Her first successful item, the logo-less (in the '80s!) black nylon backpack, is still emblematic of her way: discreet but not mousy, individual but not outre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catfight On The Catwalk | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

Bette is the country cousin those aristocratic ninnies the Hulots patronize, exploit and fatally underestimate. They think she's plain (the one aspect of this character that Jessica Lange can't quite convince us of), they know she's repressed, and they seem to feel she's not quite bright. What savage fun it is to see her wreak revenge on this superbly cast chateau of sublimely overconfident fools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wicked Fun | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

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