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DIED. WILLIE PASTRANO, 62, fleet-foot boxer whose nimble moves inspired Muhammad Ali; of cancer; in New Orleans. A chubby child who was the butt of many a schoolyard joke, Pastrano dropped the pounds--and his opponents--in the ring, becoming world light-heavyweight champion in the 1960s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Dec. 22, 1997 | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

That was all fine. Braving the schoolyard each morning was another matter. While everyone else stood around discussing the latest episode of Chopper One or Charlie's Angels, I was Lost in Space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION WAS NEVER IN THE FAMILY | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...body is buffed enough for a macho role, but the Academy Award-winning actor seems a stretch as an action star. With his stubbly beard and stringy hair, he looks like either Jesus with a grudge or the guy who stares at kids from the other side of a schoolyard fence. Then, an hour into the film, Poe finds a villain rifling his effects, including a furry toy bunny he bought for the daughter he's never seen. "Put the bunny back in the box," he whispers with slow righteousness--and he flashes the Stare That Kills. When the thug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: CAGED HEAT | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...rack. Gilkey knows that the body is a deft comic instrument, even as the charming Chinese girls who do the "diabolos" routine (spinning a toy on a string while prancing nonstop in short skirts and Tin Woodman hats) know how to make this precision aerobic workout seem like schoolyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: FORGIVE THE MIMES | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

...Leaky Acres Groundwater Recharge Facility, where the President and his entourage can run undisturbed. Their path will take Clinton past a growing gaggle of children and teachers at the Viking Elementary School. They are shouting for the President to come by. But the jogging path and the schoolyard are separated by a chasm of tight security: two cyclone fences, a four-lane highway and a water-filled ditch 15 ft. wide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BILL CLINTON, FROM ONLY SLIGHTLY CLOSER RANGE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

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