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Arnold was 11 when he saw his first movie on a big screen. "That was a sensation." It was also his introduction to the kind of Hollywood fable that he would later live out. "Now I was fascinated with America. When I got to junior high school, I thought, 'What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Brawn | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

"Dealing with life and death situation gives me the sensation of constantly being alive," she says. "For me, the most real you get is medicine. You're dealing with the most basic parts of humanity."

Author: By June Shih, | Title: Admissions Angst for Future Physicians | 12/12/1990 | See Source »

Does your hand clutch reflexively for the wastebasket when you encounter an invitation for a "21-day free trial period"? Do you feel a numbing sensation when confronted by a hysterical series of !!!!! or uppercased exhortations: THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!!!!! ONLY YOU CAN HELP!!!!! ORDER NOW!!!!! ? Have you begun to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Direct Mail: Read This!!!!!!!! | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

Even Wills' detours into history, biography, political science and theology cannot obfuscate the obvious. Americans are embracing evangelical religions because they feel spiritually and morally adrift in a society that judges values on a slippery curve of relativity. Secular intellectuals are also edgy, although they are likely to call the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Basic Rites | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

And what words! In this era of postverbal cinema, Postcards proves that movie dialogue can still carry the sting, heft and meaning of the finest old romantic comedy. Suzanne is ever crouching, like a stubborn, frightened child, behind the wall of her ironizing humor. As a coke-carrying member of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Spin And Sizzle | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

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