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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...truth is, the slightest nipple tweak or the act of laying down on someone is an act of restraint and bondage," she continues...

Author: By Esme Howard, | Title: Enhancing the Sexual Experience | 4/20/1991 | See Source »

...chronicles of new trends and ideas. Samples of recent reprintings include an article calling for a third political party from the Progressive and a piece from the New Republic on why the rich get richer. "We want to challenge people's shibboleths," says Utne. "We're not out to tweak people, but we do want to stretch them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: What Tune Does the Utne Play? | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...national state of emergency, except in the province of Natal, scene of heavy fighting between rival black factions. Though those steps fulfilled more of the A.N.C.'s preconditions for negotiations, the congress has delayed a formal response until July 10. The postponement gave De Klerk an opening to tweak the A.N.C. "We are on the threshold of the real negotiation process," he said. "The A.N.C. must now stop vacillating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nelson Mandela: The Burden of Being a Superstar | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...tell us as much about its time as a Mondrian, which does not mean that it ceases to be kitsch. Mediocre or rotten art carries all sorts of social data -- messages that may have been overt or subliminal, but in either case work their way out (with a final tweak from their interpreters) over the years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Two Centuries of Stereotypes | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

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