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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kind of dumb for a cat, but he was gentle and sweet, and you never had to worry about seeming smart or funny or interesting for him. He was easy to be with," she says...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Animal Magnetism | 3/1/1997 | See Source »

...from Of Mice and Men," remembers Wulf. "Brill was a small but brilliant hunting dog. Beau was big and not very bright; he always seemed to be asking Brill to tell him about the rabbits." Like the Westminster winner, Wulf's report on the show is both handsome and smart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Contributors: Feb. 24, 1997 | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...smart and determined, gracious and tough, but the real secret was her charm, exquisite taste and laser-like focus--first on men, later on issues--to ensure that she stayed near the center of every important arena. Sometimes disappointed but never intimidated, she understood from late nights at the knee of her father-in-law Churchill how even powerful men could be plagued by doubts. Pamela once praised Clinton for having the "indispensable requirement of leadership," which she defined as the ability "to tell people not what they want to hear but what they need to know." Her own talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HER BRILLIANT CAREER: PAMELA HARRIMAN (1920-1997) | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...call brats. Sydney says what she wants and when she wants it. She knows how to get what she wants out of her father. She bullies him." The source continues, "It can be obnoxious, but that willfulness may be what has saved these kids during this ordeal. They're smart, they're tough and they're resilient. When you think about O.J. and Nicole, it's really got to be genetic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW O.J. SIMPSON LOST | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

Disaster movies are our millennial No plays, totally stylized, totally predictable, but comforting in their familiarity. Whether the threat to domestic tranquillity is a ferocious shark, invading spacemen or a rogue volcano (as in Dante's Peak), it reassures us that nice people, if they are smart, brave and quick on their feet, will somehow survive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: DISASTER PROOF | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

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