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...there are about the Kennedys (266), who probably represent the gold standard when it comes to unwarranted public interest in a subject. Not surprisingly, many more Roswell books will be hitting the shelves just in time to capitalize on the Incident's anniversary. The most notorious is Pocket Books' The Day After Roswell, the volume that features a foreword by Strom Thurmond that the Senator disavowed two weeks ago when he learned what the book was actually about. Written by Philip J. Corso, a retired Army-intelligence officer and former member of Thurmond's staff, The Day After Roswell numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROSWELL OR BUST | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

...broke but I'm happy I'm poor but I'm kind... I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby What it all comes down to Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is giving a high five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...lyrics of Alanis Morissette's Hand in My Pocket defines the guarded hopefulness of the new generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

Campaign 55, which started in April, has a seemingly simple premise: Customers can buy a Big Mac or other designated sandwich for 55[cents] if they also buy any size beverage and fries. "My Size" meal is the tag line. Patrons, the theory goes, love the cheap burgers. Owners pocket profits on the soda and fries. The plan proved less than simple, particularly when details appeared in the Wall Street Journal before franchisees approved it. Fears of an all-out industry price war sent the stock spinning, and some franchisees, already struggling against rising wages, worried openly about the cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MCDONALD'S: FALLEN ARCHES | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...Corso memoir called "I Walked with Giants: My Career in Military Intelligence." The book's 21-page outline, aides say, made no mention of aliens. "We've been totally blindsided by this man and his publisher," Chris Cimko, Thurmond's press secretary, said. The book, published by Pocket Books, goes on sale next week. "I know of no such "cover-up' and do not believe one existed," the senator said in a statement. Whether Thurmond's denials are sincere or just more government lies is grist for another book. The truth, as always, remains out there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strom Warnings | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

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