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But few campaign insiders--even the speechwriters and the imagemakers--could boast the writing talent to pull off a work of fiction that is the best aide's-eye view of politics since Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, published in 1946. Narrated in the voice of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: AUTHOR! AUTHOR! | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

"I learned to read his moods, when to talk and when not. I became inured to personal details, his chronic heartburn, his allergies. I became his Maalox bearer. I saw him angry, and thrilled, and frustrated, and depressed...He was incredibly undisciplined about time, and making decisions, and figuring out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: AUTHOR! AUTHOR! | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

The appeal wound up on the desk of Dr. Ossorio, who again denied coverage. The deMeurerses, committed now to getting the transplant by any means necessary, launched a two-pronged attack: they authorized Hiepler to pursue an injunction to compel Health Net to pay for the treatment: and they began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICAL CARE: THE SOUL OF AN HMO | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

YOU SHOW THE PHOTO OF A FOSSIL OF A sluglike creature and say it is the oldest known member of the line that led to humans. I think it is "lowlife" to pass that off on others. Look at the precision of the creation around us and be honest. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 25, 1995 | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

AS A FIGURE-SKATING FAN, I WAS DEEPLY saddened by the sudden death of Grinkov. I had tears in my eyes as I read in your story of his wife Ekaterina's sad final farewell to him. On ice, they performed with such grace, precision and unison that it was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 25, 1995 | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

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