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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...monitored the chaos with a computer. The computer, programmed with an understanding of chaotic math, then delivered anti-chaotic pulses. And the heart tissue's beats became nearly regular. Whether the drug would work the same way in living humans is another question, but the researchers predict that "smart pacemakers" might one day correct cardiac problems that are now largely intractable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Chaos Save Lives? | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

There are good owners and bad ones, smart owners and dull ones, as in any fraternity. But the bad, smart owners are at heart corporate raiders, playing with other people's money (not the stockholders' but the taxpayers'), fleecing the locals and then fleeing them. Cushioned by the largesse and insecurity of city administrations that are strapped to pay teachers or collect the garbage, rich men play the new, high-stakes version of polo: passing civic assets on to other rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Build It, and They (Will) MIGHT Come | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...BOTTOM LINE: Jerry exposes life's little absurdities -- and just a little of himself -- in a smart and stylish sitcom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian On The Make | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...have known George Bush for 15 years. He is smart and sharp, a quick study. I have seen him dazzle by sheer force of intellect. But not last week. He spoke coherently, but a close read of his comments considered alongside his record suggests too little defense and only a halfhearted offense. At the end of our session the President invoked his mother's advice: "Do your best, try your hardest." Sadly -- and inexplicably, since there is much he can legitimately trumpet -- for 40 minutes Bush did neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reading Between The Lines | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...that he would support that right if his own granddaughter had an unwanted pregnancy. Quayle recently responded the same way to press questioning. It's hard to hide the fact that a blatant double standard is operating here, coupled with a hypocrisy that the two politicians are not even smart enough to hide. This is hardly admirable leadership...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Return of the `The Wimp Factor' | 8/18/1992 | See Source »

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