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Above all, she relied on Buckingham Palace for entree. A "royal rota pass" granted her temporary access to view the prince and princess in action. Such observations only reinforced Duffy's respect for Diana. "If someone tells me she's stupid, I stop the conversation," she says. "Diana is not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Nov. 30, 1992 | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Diana relishes being her own woman, playing the role to the hilt. She has become an ardent patron of many causes, especially involving AIDS patients, the infirm and deprived children. "I doubt if anyone in the British Isles is better at going into a ward filled with people with cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Princess Diana and Prince Charles: Separate Lives | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Ashamed, perhaps, but hardly alone. The dirty little secret of the VCR age is that almost nobody can work the darn thing -- at least for anything besides plunking in a movie from the corner video store. Much of the befuddlement, understandably, afflicts older folks who have never really cottoned to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Anybody Work This Thing? | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

Times, leaders and heroes change. John F. Kennedy was a fan of superspy James Bond's savoir faire and flashy victories over cold war bad guys. It seems somehow fitting that Bill Clinton's favorite literary do-gooder is Easy Rawlins, a savvy, down-to-earth African-American private eye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Nov. 23, 1992 | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

Going after her proenvironment and health-care stands, Chandler has labeled Murray a tax-and-spend liberal Democrat. He also chides her for lacking the legislative experience and expertise to serve effectively in the Senate, but in a year marked by resentment against Washington insiders, inexperience can be a plus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outsiders | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

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