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Penn and Teller are ultra-show-biz-savvy New York intellectuals whose act is an ironic deconstruction of magic shows in addition to being a very impressive magic show (see box). They first played Vegas a year ago. Penn Jillette's fondness for Vegas, like every hip baby boomer's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Las Vegas, U.S.A. | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

Wolf is also savvy about the role of TV -- especially the Thomas-Hill hearings and daytime talk shows -- in radicalizing women, including homemakers, who are often ignored by political organizers. The heroine of her book is Anita Hill, the person most responsible for what Wolf calls the "genderquake." Women felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tremors of Genderquake | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

Their electoral savvy we'd like to commend.

Author: By G.k. Wenceslas, | Title: Intimations of Crimson Munificence | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

NEW JERSEY -- Some savvy black politicos in New Jersey are suggesting an explanation for why no one has found evidence that Edward Rollins attempted to suppress the black vote in the state's gubernatorial election. They say that Rollins probably did try to do what he originally boasted of, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Informed Sources: Dec. 13, 1993 | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

Still, this year's congressional session proves that public opinion and a politically savvy President can prevail -- though only after a succession of hairbreadth escapes. Clinton, says a senior White House official, is "a guy who lies down in front of trains with great frequency and gets up at the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gridlock Breakers | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

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