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...church and state. Madalyn O'Hair was a heavy woman with a strong voice and jaw who even in repose resembled, as author Lawrence Wright once observed, "a bowling ball looking for new pins to scatter." She was an Army veteran and a law-school graduate and a big talker. Most important, she was an atheist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE'S MADALYN? | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

...HAPPY TALKER OF THE YEAR: Rosie O'Donnell, whose cackle is making even Oprah nervous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 30, 1996 | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

...times His family and friends--Only once (brother Roger). Never mentioned Hillary, Chelsea or Al Gore '69. Bipartisanship--7 times His family and friends--7 times, including 3 references to Jack Kemp A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE QUOTES: "No comment." Called late brother "Kenny the Great Exaggerator," "a great talker...but you couldn't always believe him." Defined "liberal" as the "golden oldie" of past Republican presidential campaigns, adding: "I just don't think that dog will hunt this time." "Saddam Hussein is probably better off than four years ago." Quoting Jack Kemp as saying Dole never...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debate Scorecard | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...told me as we flew toward Washington--someone "who knew how to get things done." Those words, expressing Dole's highest compliment, were the very ones he was already using to distinguish himself from his Republican rivals, but more important, from Clinton. "I'm a doer, not a talker," Dole would say. "The President is a talker who doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW HE GOT THERE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...three heads better than none? Those who needed counseling after the demise of the nerdily cool Talking Heads, take note: the band is back, but without the talker. Five years after David Byrne unilaterally announced the breakup of the band, JERRY HARRISON, TINA WEYMOUTH and CHRIS FRANTZ have formed the Heads and recorded an album, No Talking Just Head. "We called some of our friends to ask them to sing with us," says Frantz, whose friends include Debbie Harry and Michael Hutchence. "Everyone said yes except for David...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 12, 1996 | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

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