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...Superman" is a delightfully Shavian romantic comedy which reverses conventional roles by making the woman the vigilant pursuer and the man the hapless prey. The woman, Ann Whitefield (Kristin Flanders), is past mistress of twisting men around her little finger, and she has designs on her childhood companion, Jack tanner (played with dynamic vigor by Don Reilly), a young man and a decided taste for overbearing oratory. Much to his consternation, Jack is appointed one of Ann's guardians after her father's death--the other one being a confirmed old conservative, Roderick Ramsden (Alvin Epstein...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Man, Woman Create Life Force | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...minutes into his interview at Boeing last spring, engineer John Tanner, 52, was offered a job. Tanner, a 33-year veteran of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ultimately turned down two other companies, and now develops landing gear for Boeing near Seattle. "I wanted to be where the action was," he says. Boeing also hired his wife Cheri, 45, another NASA veteran and engineer. As a bonus, Boeing arranged for Cheri to complete the one course she needed for a master's degree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE THE JOBS ARE | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

...JOHN TANNER (D) District 8 (West--Jackson; part of Shelby County...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TENNESSEE | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...Tanner is a conservative blue-dog Democrat and founder of the Coalition, a group of 22 conservative House Democrats dedicated to fiscal and social reform. In 1995 they put forth their own welfare plan, which helped lay the groundwork for this year's bill. He joins G.O.P. conservatives in voting against gun control and federal funding of abortion, and was an early supporter of the line-item veto and a balanced-budget amendment. His opponent will have a hard time being more Republican than Tanner sometimes seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TENNESSEE | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Running to unseat four-term incumbent John Tanner, Watson is a busy man. This firefighter, the fourth of 12 sons from a rural Shelby County family, thinks Tanner is "rich and a nice fellow," but not a good representative for the Eighth. He especially disagrees with Tanner's lack of support for constitutional amendments limiting congressional terms and banning desecration of the U.S. flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: TENNESSEE | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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