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Wilson's aides say the Governor would not leap to join the ticket, although he makes little effort to conceal his plans to run for President in 1996. But Wilson might be tempted, since the exposure he would gain by serving as the President's standby could help him to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Who Fit the Bill | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

A group of students at Smith College has taken an old protest standby, the sit-in, one step further--about 30 undergraduates have been holding a "sleep-in" in the college's main administrative building for nearly one week.

Author: By Beong-soo Kim, | Title: Smith College Students Protest | 11/1/1990 | See Source »

.The old standby, "You can't have a fuck-up without a UC."

Author: By J.d. Connor, | Title: Beyond UC Jokes | 10/4/1990 | See Source »

The form of the new novel is the author's standby, the diary of a bemused old man who has survived civilization's downfall. Perhaps because of this resemblance to his other books, or simply because the freight of anger and disgust is so heavy it upsets the novel's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: And So It Went | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

The ending falls completely flat when Arnold returns to his old standby job as indestructible Terminator. He bends steel bars; he rips people's arms off; he shoots really big guns; yeah, yeah, yeah, we've seen it all before.

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Arnold May Leave You Feeling Less Than Pumped Up | 6/29/1990 | See Source »

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