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...would be politically relevant to a significant number of voters. Obviously this isn't an exact science. My own sense is that the current line is somewhere between a dalliance or two many years ago and more energetic misbehavior recently. More forthright testing of that line might produce some pleasant surprises for those journalists who fear that their fellow citizens are too prudish for the country's good. At the least, it would force the citizenry to decide how much they really care about a candidate's sexual history, and might thereby hasten the day when journalists could, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Private Lives: How Relevant? | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

...more, Nick & Nora should have absolutely everything going for it. But the show that opens on Broadway this week is a crashing bore -- cranky and arbitrary as a love story, tedious and pointless as a murder mystery, ham-handed as comedy, clubfooted as dance, at best wanly pleasant as music. A few scenes work, some quite well. The final 10 minutes achieve a truth and simplicity underscoring the barren brittleness of what has gone before. But ultimately the show fails at its most basic task: making audiences care about, or for that matter simply believe in, the characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bomb Over Broadway | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

Harvard (4-1-1, 4-1-1) definitely has some obstacles to overcome. The brutal road trip to Ithaca has never been pleasant and Lynah Rink--with its rabid hockey fans--always presents a challenge to the Crimson...

Author: By Ted G. Rose and Jay K. Varma, S | Title: Icemen to Battle Big Red, Lynah Rowdies Tomorrow | 12/7/1991 | See Source »

...pleasant surprise of James White combined with the rapidly improving play of Leake should give the Crimson a solid three-guard rotation this year...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: M. Cagers Suffering From Dejection, Not Frustration | 12/6/1991 | See Source »

...depressed profits and tight money. American firms are on track to issue some $320 billion worth of bonds this year, up sharply from $235 billion in 1990. Owners of small businesses are likewise lining up for low-priced funds. Jeff Tuma, 39, who runs the Embers restaurant in Mount Pleasant, Mich., decided last summer to renovate the eatery and launch a catering service to go with it. "Banks are obviously looking for good loans right now, and they have tons of money out there for the right people," Tuma says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy Down and Dirty | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

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