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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With his Bruce Jenner hair and gummy Donny Osmond grin, Edwards presents a striking contrast to Faircloth, whose jowly awkwardness in the spotlight is part of his appeal--but can also make him seem a throwback to a waning, good-ole-boy era in North Carolina politics. As usual, and for good reason, the Edwards-Faircloth contest is being cast as a battle between rural conservatives and a new North Carolina, the one centered on Charlotte, the state's thriving financial center, and booming Research Triangle Park, a high-tech enclave that encompasses Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Republican Who's Taking His Medicine | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...likely to turn the trial of the century over to a deputy. What profilers have found out about the personality type known as the Creampuff Bully is that even though he tends to surround himself with tough guys, he always has them withdraw to the wings when the spotlight goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Pillow Fight, Interrupted | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...media frenzy that follows their death. While those celebrities who die young--Diana, JFK, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and Kurt Cobain--remain forever young and full of promise in the public imagination, tragically, they have already left the stage when the applause for them is loudest and the spotlight brightest...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE | 6/26/1998 | See Source »

MARIAH CAREY was named after the wind featured in the song, so perhaps it's not surprising she has blown out of Derek Jeter's life. The relationship between the singer and the New York Yankee shortstop was under a particularly hot spotlight, followed by celebrity and sports reporters alike. "It's bad enough when just one public person is involved," she said to IN STYLE, whose photo spread of her closet revealed an Imeldaesque collection of Manolo Blahnik shoes. "But with two, it's really hard to have something to yourself." That must mean rumors that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 22, 1998 | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

Women remained in the College's spotlight well past the October commemoration. Recent alumnae gifts to Harvard--not Radcliffe--funded panels addressing women's issues, a new women's leadership award and a glossy brochure featuring prominent female undergraduates, faculty and alumnae. Such efforts made it easy for those students featured in the brochure to smile and proclaim things like, "It's a great time to be at Harvard...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WON'T YOU BE MINE? | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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