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...possible explanations for Clinton's obtuseness, including the notion that he's some sort of addict, don't go over well at the construction site. A former Coast Guard sailor wonders if the President isn't a narcissist, prone to delusions of invulnerability. Someone else thinks he wanted to get caught--the revenge of his guilty Baptist conscience, perhaps. Maybe all the talk at church of a final heavenly judgment compelled him to want to speed up the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What The Guys Think: Clinton's A Screw-Up | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

Still, a nagging, primal suspicion lingers: What if the man is simply weak? A bumbler? Incapable of running a tight ship? It's a fear that Clinton's Swaggart act doesn't alleviate--in fact, for some guys, it makes it worse. "He's wimping out," the sailor sighs after hearing about yet another Clinton apology. "I can't stand to watch it. A President wimping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What The Guys Think: Clinton's A Screw-Up | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

Peggy's Cove was born of a shipwreck. Legend has it that the tiny hamlet on the coast of Nova Scotia was named for a woman pulled back from death at sea by a local sailor. The only survivor of a doomed ship, she was nursed back to health by her rescuer. They fell in love and married. Such romances and heartening miracles are woven into the visions of the village. At St. John's Anglican Church, two paintings that frame the altar serve as fonts of meditation: in one, a fisherman clinging to a tattered sail searches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Safe Harbor | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...falls short. Mike Tyson can tell you that. Kicked out of boxing for munching Evander Holyfield's ear in a prizefight at the MGM Grand on June 28, 1997, he asked forgiveness in New Jersey earlier this summer, but the devil entered him and cussed like a sailor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handicapping Iron Mike | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

What this means in actual threads is lots of variations on cargo and sailor pants; safari-esque tops that Bartlett calls "ranger" shirts; jackets and trousers made of sailcloth, waxed cotton or suede; and colors that range from "cement" and "sand" to "citrus." Bartlett offers his customers a chance to dress dangerously but not ludicrously (well, except maybe for the hot pink cashmere stretch jacket paired with hot pink leather pants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: The Anti-Calvin Is Here | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

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