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But virtually everyone who knows Clinton says the outbursts, like summer storms, quickly pass, and he's no Nixon, nursing deep hatreds. "Bill Clinton does not believe that impeachment will be in the first paragraph of his obituary," says his friend Hollywood producer Linda Bloodworth Thomason. "It will be for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: Running For History | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

But while perhaps office space could be found elsewhere, the supporters of a student center argue that only a dedicated building could provide a place for students to meet, relax and provide the common ground that so often seems lacking at Harvard. As appealing as a greater sense of community...

Author: By Charles C. Desimone, | Title: Student Center a Hollow Hope | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

I answered a newspaper ad soliciting volunteers for a memory study. After taking a test over the phone, I was reassured that I definitely was not in danger of losing my memory. The rationale: "If you misplace your keys, you'll find them. But if you find them and don...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

"Bill gets a little out of sorts when I talk about the substance of the policy," said Gore in Durham, smiling sweetly and obviously having fun getting under Bradley's skin. He had just suggested that Bradley lacks "the experience to keep our prosperity going," and that Bradley "wants to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Tell Them Apart | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

What makes American Beauty both so fascinating and troubling is its refusal to play its characters' idiosyncrasies for shock value, and especially its amoral complicity in Lester's lesser actions. The film's tone is strangely gleeful, for instance, when Lester viciously berates his chilly wife.Winning an argument easily with...

Author: By Jared S. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Name of the Rose | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

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