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COVER TO COVER (NBC, debuting July 29, 11 a.m. EDT on most stations). This new magazine show targeted to women, with hosts Gayle King and Robin Wagner, will spotlight stories on such topics as fashion, health and parenting. The ones, presumably, that Oprah and Good Morning America have missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Aug. 5, 1991 | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

...wearing her old clothes to try to shift the spotlight onto him," ; gripes another cameraman, "and it won't work." Him, of course, is the problematic Prince Charles, whose dilatory connubial ways have the brazen British tabloids -- and increasingly the world press -- in a feeding frenzy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Royal Star Shines On Her Own: DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

Because Diana's approach is so blunt, her personality comes across in any appearance or photo spread. At 30, "shy Di" is just a memory. Gone are the public episodes of staring intently at the ground, nodding off on daises, as well as the occasional hogging of the spotlight at her husband's expense when the press is around. Diana has found her role. She is a thoroughly modern princess who is an ebullient companion to her boys (there is plenty of help, however, around Kensington Palace) and a zealous patron of her charities. Though she lives by the bizarre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Royal Star Shines On Her Own: DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

...strong case for a pay hike. For one thing, members of the House of Representatives are already paid $125,100 yearly. More important, in exchange for the raise, Senators will no longer accept fees for speaking engagements. But the Senate, too fearful to make those arguments in the spotlight, tried to gain more wealth through stealth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: Wealth by Stealth | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

...growing "garage video" movement whose members buy much of their equipment at discount stores. For example, a skateboard makes a fine dolly for videotaping toddlers and tricyclers. Ordinary quartz outdoor lights, perched on two-by-fours, provide good background lighting, while an old slide projector makes an excellent spotlight. Inexpensive security cameras can be used to help shoot scenes requiring two or three angles. For long-shots, a baby monitor makes a perfectly adequate wireless mike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lights! Camcorders! Action! | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

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