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...attacked President is far from perfect. But we decided when we elected him that the future of our country was more important than the history of his marital woes. Nonetheless, the media has dog-piled on the recent rumors of philandering, justifying its behavior like pubescent students drooling over Playboy: "It has really good articles, I swear...

Author: By Beong-soo Kim, | Title: The Politics of Our Values | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...every time a controversial ad arises, we find ourselves in the midst of a serious debate. Last fall, we argued over an ad promoting a Playboy magazine writing contest; we ended up running it. It is necessary to tackle each ad individually, weighing its content, its source, and its underlying message...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Speechless | 1/7/1994 | See Source »

...will be. It is a trend that would make the college student who is insulted by a racial joke comparable to James Meredith barred at the door of Ole Miss; rape by a spouse as terrorizing as rape by a stranger with a knife in a dark alley; a Playboy calendar on the wall as detrimental on the job as a supervisor who takes away the duties of a clerk who has rebuffed his advances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, Obesity Rights | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...news rarely shows "pro-choice" groups picketing Cincinnati's cable companies because they don't carry the Playboy channel...

Author: By Edward F. Mulkerin iii, | Title: Words Too Big for Movements | 7/27/1993 | See Source »

...humiliation was particularly painful because the Aga Khan, 57, has long been regarded as a conscientious and sober-sided businessman. Unlike his playboy father, best known in the West for marrying actress Rita Hayworth, the Harvard-educated Aga Khan has kept a low-key image while raising Thoroughbred racehorses and amassing holdings that include resorts, newspapers and airlines. He spends most of his time overseeing a personal secretariat outside Paris that manages his Ismaili religious foundation and its 16,000 worldwide employees. The philanthropies fund dozens of clinics, orphanages and schools controlled by his followers in Asia, Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Aga Khan Stumbled | 6/7/1993 | See Source »

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