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...overcome these image problems, Barak has imported James Carville, Bill Clinton's own image magician, to turbo-charge his campaign. Indeed, a friend of mine in Israel remarked just yesterday that Barak appears so slick in his ads that "he could be Bill Clinton." So Clintonesque is one of his ads about how Netanyahu mismanaged the economy that you can almost hear Barak say "Bibi, it's the economy, stupid!" And why shouldn't Barak play the campaign game American style? The photogenic Benjamin Netanyahu is a master image-maker who himself retains an American campaign guru, Arthur Finkelstein. Politics...

Author: By David P. Honig, | Title: Referendum on the Peace Process? | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...days, it took up to eight salon visits to get a deep glow, but today, special lotions can accelerate the tanning process by 30 percent. Also, the Turbo Tanning Bed, available at Tanning, Etc. for $35 a session, delivers a coveted vacationed look with record-breaking speed...

Author: By Y. Ju, | Title: Florida Faux | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...include an elegant, but not especially interesting, mesclun salad, and a side order of Hoppin Shavonne: smooth fluffy cheese grits and black-eyed peas cooked with fresh tomatoes and onions. Complementing the appetizers is a selection from the broad range of microbrews--Jefferson Davis, groan in your grave--called Turbo Dog. The evening was looking...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: gourmet grits! | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

Visiting Jerry Seinfeld's home in the Hollywood Hills, one finds that the benefits of being a top television performer are readily apparent: even the three Porsches in his smartly tiled garage--two vintage, one a 1997 Turbo S--have a view of all Los Angeles. This is thanks to a picture window cut into the garage's wall. Yes, it's nice to be a TV star's car, just as it's nice to be a TV star. And now that even Mikhail Gorbachev has begun doing commercials for Pizza Hut, it seems pointless to argue with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1989-1998 Transformation | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Visiting Jerry Seinfeld's home in the Hollywood Hills, one finds that the benefits of being a top television performer are readily apparent: even the three Porsches in his smartly tiled garage--two vintage, one a 1997 Turbo S--have a view of all Los Angeles. This is thanks to a picture window cut into the garage's wall. Yes, it's nice to be a TV star's car, just as it's nice to be a TV star (Seinfeld owns an additional 60 or so cars, not all of them Porsches, which he warehouses in an airport hangar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: It's All About Timing | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

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