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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...numerous entanglements. Robert Wussler, his former senior executive vice president, says Turner's amorous philosophy was "a port in every storm." In some cases, it was literally a woman in every port: he once scandalized the yachting circuit by sailing around with a blond Frenchwoman tending galley, sometimes topless. As a husband to Janie, he could be mean, and publicly so. Roddey recalls the time Turner brought his wife over to a table to introduce her to a group and "somebody said, 'You sure have a beautiful woman there.' And Ted said, 'Yup, and if she doesn't stay beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Taming of Ted Turner | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...show, of course, had a politically correct twist. The final group of parading lovelies were -- what else? -- topless men. Come back, Merv. All is forgiven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running Off at the Mouth | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

...SHINING EXAMPLE. Doug Danziger, Fort Lauderdale's conservative vice mayor who has crusaded against college students on spring break, topless bars and adult bookstores, resigned last week after his name allegedly turned up on the client list of a woman who says she tried to cure her nymphomania by having sex with different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pee-Wee Herman Awards | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

...show-biz bug was still with him. When he viewed a lackluster show at a Honolulu nightclub in 1958, he got the owner's consent to work his magic and turned it into a winning act. To give it that extra bounce, Cione had his dancers go topless. It shocked the island like nothing else since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Audiences swarmed into the club, and Cione was given half the operation as a reward. He ultimately parlayed his success into a string of nine clubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oahu, Hawaii Dancing on The Home Front | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

What Rudner wants to say is couched in whispers and stares toward the horizon -- of Mars. She describes her grandmother as "a very tough cookie. She buried three husbands. Two of them were just napping." She was afraid to ! expose herself at a topless beach: "They'd never been in the sun before. They might catch fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business Sauce, Satire and Shtick | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

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