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Except...Wait a minute...Could I see those orders again? That him, in this instance, is a her--Lieut. Jordan O'Neil, who is played by Demi Moore, muscles aripple, attitude aflare and buzz-cut hairdo a sight. She is, to be strictly honest, traveling under false colors; G.I. Jane should probably be called Swabbie Jane since it is the Navy SEALS that O'Neil is trying so painfully to join. She is also traveling a few years in the future when, the movie's makers imagine, feminist pressure to accord women full military equality, by allowing them to serve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

CARJACKERS Hands off! Louisiana law says you can be shot on sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 25, 1997 | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...Wright brothers' invention was perfected, the blimp has spent the past 30 years as the lofty billboard of the Goodyear Corp. Now, for a fee of $200,000 a month, such companies as Alta-Vista and Russell Stover are causing dozens of jumpy citizens to call FAA with UFO sightings. Eleven blimps are flying somewhere around the country, and there will be 13 by 1998. That's almost double the blimpage of a year ago. Most of them are made by the American Blimp Corp. of Hillsboro, Ore., which has designed a blimpette, that is, one so small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 25, 1997 | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

What?s a self-respecting slob to do? Turn to the ever-reliable red meat? Not likely, after the e.coli scare caused by the largest ever recall of ground beef in the nation?s history. And as if couch potatoes weren?t infuriated enough by the sight of FDA swat teams swarming over hamburger patties like flies on the proverbial, they were also treated to the disgustingly healthy sight of all those UPS workers being active again. Not to mention the trim Mir cosmonauts and their astronautical acrobatics. As if to rub it in, the very first space commercial released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Weekend Review | 8/24/1997 | See Source »

...write from the trenches, the war against Lyme disease goes on. The battles are many, victories few. Lyme disease victims are the lepers of the 20th century. Those who are not infected want the victims to be banished to their own little colonies, out of sight, out of mind. It is time for the victims to get out of the trenches and let politicians, doctors, scientists and insurance companies know they have a right to be treated--with antibiotics if necessary and certainly with dignity. PAT SMITH, President Lyme Disease Association of New Jersey Jackson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 18, 1997 | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

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