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...truly rough stuff will rise, virgin-like, from the same "independent expenditure" group that produced the Willie Horton ad in 1988. Four years ago, these conservative ideologues called themselves "Americans for Bush"; this time they're the "Presidential Victory Committee." They have a $10 million budget, and "what they'll do," says Stone, "is kind of obvious." All they've said so far is what they won't do: they won't establish a 900 number so the curious can hear the Gennifer Flowers tapes. Beyond that, every mini-scandal and Clinton slickery is considered fair game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest It's Not Going to Be Pretty | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

...however, eager for any opportunity to prop up sagging sales, record companies are rediscovering the appeal of black rock 'n' roll. Virgin Records has signed up neohippie Lenny Kravitz, whose latest record, Mama Said, has sold about 2 million copies worldwide. Sony Music produces Fishbone, seven musical renegades who have attracted a cult following with their energetic mix of rock, punk and funk. Elektra Records is pushing Eric Gales, 17, a wunderkind who leads a musically adventurous three-man band. Epic recently released a debut album by Eye & I, a genre-busting quintet propelled by the lusty vocals of female...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Down to Their Roots | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

...Crimson currently publishes on virgin newsprint. If The Crimson really wants to support recycling, it should buy recycled newsprint stock instead and help provide a market for all the old Crimson issues once readers finish them. Rob Gogan Recycling Coordinator Facilities Maintenance Department

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Virgin Newsprint Harms Environment | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...VIRGIN MOLLY. A soldier of dubious sexual orientation gives birth in this off-Broadway blend of bawdy barracks humor, blasphemy and brilliant surrealism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Mar. 30, 1992 | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...Henry Adams wrote that in the modern world the dynamo had replaced the Virgin as the power that drives history. Were he around today, it is the computer, not the dynamo, that would impress him with its occult powers and emanations of moral force. It enables the mind to ask questions, find answers, stockpile knowledge and devise plans to move mountains, if not worlds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year 2000 | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

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