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Clinton ended his last day as "just plain Bill" at the Capital Center in suburban Maryland, where Urethra Franklin, Chevy Chase and Michael Bolton performed in his honor...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Clinton to Take Oath Of Office Noon Today | 1/20/1993 | See Source »

...Harvard Yard, dragging trunks full of their best clothes from home. Styles may have changed since the College abolished mandatory coat and tie in classes and the dining halls, but Harvard men still ride the cutting edge of fashion. From trendy to chi-chi to risque to just plain weird, STYLES profiles the way Harvard men sport their clothes today...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Men | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

...ruins thin out at the eastern end of Mogadishu, which the Marines refer to as "Mog," giving way to a surprisingly green plain where donkeys, cattle and camels graze. The Marines are entering territory they have not yet explored. Sitting on top of their vehicles, they point M-16s toward the thorn trees and foot-high shoots of corn on either side of the road. Hot exhaust fumes coat their faces in soot. Each time the convoy approaches a village, Somalis come out to cheer. "It's unbelievable," says Fisher. "You're expecting them to shoot at you, and they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gift of Hope | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

Welcome to the great Bill Clinton tax stampede of Christmas 1992. Corporate chieftains, Hollywood celebrities and just plain rich folk are scrambling to claim all the income they can at today's lower rates. "Disney started a trend, and everyone else is going to follow suit," says Stewart Flink, a money manager in Evanston, Illinois. "It's going to be an incredible run to the end of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rushing To Beat the Taxman | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

MARITAL SEPARATIONS, A FIRE AT WINDsor Castle and now CHARLES AND DIANA: UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER -- it has been a rough year for the royal family. ABC's new docudrama (Dec. 13) starts with the 1981 royal wedding and goes downhill from there. Its sympathies are plain: Diana is the down-to-earth outsider forced to endure a stuffy new life-style (when she pops into the palace kitchen for orange juice, the staff is horrified). Charles is merely a wuss; the real heavies are his priggish parents, forever sniffing about royal propriety. Despite the oversimplification, this TV movie is surprisingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Dec. 14, 1992 | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

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