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WILL IT COME HOME TO ROOST...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 31, 1999 | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...born in Florence, the son of intensely Europhile parents (his father was a New England doctor, his mother a clinging neurasthenic who couldn't bear the crude culture of her birthplace). The Sargents were not rich, but they moved from one roost to another--Rome, Paris, Nice, Munich, Venice, the Austrian Tyrol--for the first 18 years of their son's life. All he retained of America was his passport and some traces of accent; yet he held onto both until his death. Sargent's relation to America was neither resentful nor yearning, as it is with so many expatriates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A True Visual Sensualist | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...killing you? You may be right. A study out last week shows that men who have demanding jobs and little control over work flow have significantly higher blood-pressure readings--and increased risk of heart disease--than those without the job strain. The trouble comes home to roost too: the readings remain high out of the office, even during sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Dec. 7, 1998 | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Katzenberg is hoping his Bible epic will be enough of a critical and commercial success to prove he actually did play a crucial role in the making of such Disney animated hits as Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King--all released while he ran the Disney roost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Battle Of The Bugs | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...more cosmopolitan name." Condescended to by someone from Wichita! That's what comes from turning against your own cattle. As we used to say in Kansas City--this was before they asked us to cut down on agricultural images--sooner or later the chickens all come home to roost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Steak Through The Heart | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

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