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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...means going to the Stagecoach Bar on Sunday evening). The first time I met him, he was picking the hoof of an Appaloosa named Darcy I was about to ride. The name seemed incongruous to me. Eric looked up slowly from under the hat and drawled, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune," etc. A racist outfit called Aryan Nation once tried to set up shop in Eric's home town, he told me. Everybody got together and ran them out, then went on about their business. Aryan Nation is strong...

Author: By James R. Russell, | Title: No Resurrection This Time | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...visit the set of her new WB series Charmed and happen to sit in the canvas director-style chair with her name stenciled on the back, she won't punch you in the face or break a beer bottle over your head when she finds you there. In truth, she's perfectly gracious and nonvolatile. Is there anything more you really wanted to know on the subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: This Time, She's a Good Witch | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...There's truth to the charge, yet it's a difficult one to drive home because D'Amato is among the most creative politicians in America. There are few constituencies he won't court, often doing some good in the process. In 1992 he began what he calls a "lonely fight" to increase funding for breast-cancer research--and reduce his gender gap--tapping Pentagon money (almost $900 million so far) for the research. In 1993 he bucked his party and backed Clinton on gays in the military; last week a leading gay-rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wizard Casts His Spell | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...prove yourself." But Pizza Hut chief Mike Rawlings, who has brought a federal lawsuit charging that Papa John's "better ingredients, better pizza" campaign is false and misleading, sees Schnatter in a harsher light. "They have been spreading misconceptions about us," Rawlings says. "We've got to let the truth be known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slice, Dice and Devour | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...this campus would no doubt laud both the University's taste in Commencement speakers and its writing program. They perceive the project of multiculturalism as a righteous crusade to break the grip of white patriarchy on our educational institutions. They deride their opponents as close-minded bigots, but in truth it is they who are close-minded...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: The Tyranny of the Multicultural Majority | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

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