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...Olympics are appealing to women not because of hokey scenes of swimmer Amanda Beard cuddling a teddy bear but rather because they used to be a pure communal event--of which there are so few--with moments of real sentiment and real heroism instead of the Oprah kind. They are one of the few times when TV celebrates hardworking role models instead of the self-absorbed doofuses on most of prime time and in big-time sports--and one when parents can watch with the kids without cringing at explicit sex scenes. That's more than enough reason to tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOAP OPERA GAMES | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

...film's makers have transferred us back to a more innocent and predictable movie world, a place where good hearts are self-consciously liberal hearts, brimming--O.K., bleeding--with the belief that honorable argument will defeat vile and skulking prejudice. It is, one has to admit, a world of pure fantasy. But it is pretty, and not entirely useless, to think otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: SUMMONS TO JUSTICE | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

...VentureStar was twofold. Not only is it the first new U.S. rocket design in 25 years, but it also represents the first space shuttle to be drafted, built, tested and maintained by private enterprise--allowing NASA to get out of the space cargo business and back to...well, to pure rocket science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH-TECH PIE IN THE SKY | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...thick music of Scottish accents mean that you'll have to cram for Trainspotting. Attention must be paid, and will be rewarded with the scabrous savor of the movie's lightning intelligence. The subject is heroin, but the style is speed. This film is an upper--a jolt of pure movie energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ON THE FAST TRACK | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...estate since penning poisonous attacks on Anita Hill and the First Family, Brock revealed that he was inadvertently the source for Aldrich's most sensational charge: that the President slipped out for assignations under a blanket in the back seat of a car, reminiscent of a scene from Dave. Pure, unverified gossip, said Brock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON DIARY: NEW LOWS FOR NEWS | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

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