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...continue exploiting dissatisfaction with the nation's schools in hopes of finding common cause with moderates and conventional conservatives. Looking ahead to more significant electoral battles in 1994, when voters in Idaho, Colorado and Arizona will address education issues at the ballot box, Ralph Reed, executive director of Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, vows, "We'll be there with bells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crusade for the Classroom | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

Like all artists, athletes can be divided into Romanticists and Classicists. The playing style of the Romanticists is characterized by emotion and imagination and an emphasis on individuality; the play of Classicists is more controlled, more cerebral, more reliant on teamwork. Earl Monroe was a Romanticist; Oscar Robertson a Classicist. Magic Johnson, for all his flair, was a Classicist who controlled the tempo of the game; Julius ("Dr. J") Erving was a Romanticist who played according to his own rhythms. Although he has all the skills and talents of a Classicist, Jordan is a Romanticist. He is a splendid passer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'll Fly Away | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

Other celebrities in attendance at the bash, held at the Boston Public Library, included former Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, Senator Edward M. Kennedy `54-'56, novelist Robertson Davies and actress Angie Dickinson...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Galbraith Celebrates 85th Birthday | 10/16/1993 | See Source »

...have a different story of the AIDS epidemic. I have my own version of the story, which differs slightly from Shilts's and radically from HBO's[Home Box Office's]. The World Health Organization has its version, ACT UP [AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power] its, and Pat Robertson his. There are perhaps as many versions of the story as there are people with AIDS, and the stories, both personal and multifaceted, carry with them the power of drama. The reality of AIDS itself is much simpler: It is caused by HIV, and HIV is transmitted through the exchange...

Author: By W. TATE Dougherty, | Title: HBO and HIV And the Band Played On | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

...researchers whose delicate experiments depend on such a facility and the rodents it supports, such delays are no joke. McMahon and Robertson must commute to the larger Medical School mouse facilities in Boston, which house 30-40,000 mice...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: Building a New House (for a Mouse) | 10/5/1993 | See Source »

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