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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The institutionalization of spin is one reason some journalists have qualms about government officials' passing through the revolving door into our profession. These qualms are too hoity-toity. Journalism should be a game anyone is allowed to play. But when folks show up claiming to be reformed spinners, they ought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go, and Spin No More | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

But if Towne the director has a shrewd and patient eye for the small, telling tics of human behavior, Towne the writer says all his best work--which includes the classic Chinatown--is "about a man's relationship to his profession, the willingness to put everything into doing one single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: At the Head of the Pack | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

Why can't we hear about the good apples in the teaching profession? Why always the bad? BONNIE OAKBERG Morristown, Tenn.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 10, 1998 | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

A former French marine was quoted on Sunday as saying his high-speed driving might have been a major factor in the car crash that killed Princess Diana and two others last year. François Levistre, 54, told Britain's Sunday People newspaper (no relation to PEOPLE magazine): "Thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Diana Crash Revelation | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

The decision to fire Johnson--sorry, "Ms. God"--may seem like a no-brainer. But in fact she stayed on the job another year, presumably enlivening class but probably not serving Florida's future terribly well. How did she stay so long? She chose the right career: rigid work rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ever Try To Flunk A Bad Teacher? | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

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