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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gabler does not preach reform. He advocates awareness, and he is good at what he does. Although on one level it might be nice to have a book outline the best course of growth and correction for our society, that is difficult and dangerous. Life the Movie is not rhetoric or propaganda. It is simply a searching and clear-sighted analysis of American culture, and it will change the way you look at your surroundings and yourself...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Culture Shock: Entertaining the Masses | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...retrospect, Merrill Lynch was really Charlie Merrill's bully pulpit, the platform from which he could preach the virtues of the stock market and show the country that the small investor could get a fair shake on Wall Street. "Demystification had been the key to [my father's] great success," James Merrill later wrote in his memoir. "No more mumbo-jumbo from Harvard men in paneled rooms; let the stock market's workings henceforth be intelligible even to the small investor." To that end, the firm published an endless stream of reports, magazines, pamphlets--11 million pieces in 1955 alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHARLES MERRILL: Main Street Broker | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

PRACTICING WHAT THEY PREACH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...appalled by the so-called Christians who preach "God-sanctioned" hatred [NATION, Oct. 26]. Didn't Christ preach tolerance for his fellow man, regardless of his personal life-style? JANNA PEEVLER Knoxville, Tenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...that was crucial to his success "cannibals," and claiming he had been "blackmailed" into resigning. Following Gingrich's resignation, a throng of Republicans announced their candidacy for the Speaker's post and other leadership positions. Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) and Rep. Robert Livingston (R-La.)--both of whom preach the radical notion of working with the minority party--have emerged as top candidates to replace Gingrich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Speaker Falls | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

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