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...growth in gross domestic product was the strongest since early 1989 and came after an increase in consumer spending. Bush's problem is that while the recession has been technically over for a year, this doesn't feel much like a recovery -- though many economists warn that this may be as good as it's going to get. Unemployment remains stubbornly high; the jobless rate continues to hover at 7.3%, a six-year peak, and experts say it will take a more robust rate of growth to make a dent in that figure. Typical recoveries since World War II have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Used to It | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

...from without, alternative rock is an interesting jumble or a total mess, depending on your point of view. There is constant infighting among musicians as to who is really alternative and who is merely posing. Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, quoted in Rolling Stone, says he feels the "duty to warn kids of false music that's claiming to be underground or alternative," while his band itself is roundly criticized for selling out. Rampant accusations of cheesiness from all sides give this kind of continuous conflict a kind of Maoist tone--no one is ever revolutionary enough. Nothing sticks together...

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: Of the "Not" Generation: Notes of an Alternative Music fan | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...necessary to force the story out? Was some redeeming purpose served? Does Ashe's ordeal usefully warn potential AIDS victims about the all-but- vanished danger of blood transfusions, or promote collective human sympathy and solidarity with those who already have AIDS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fair Game? | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

...Ever After, Swift has managed the feat again, devising a hypnotically complex examination set amid the circular staircases and false fronts of a strange man's brain. The monologist is Bill Unwin, 52, an honorary fellow of a Cambridge college who begins his tale with "These are, I should warn you, the words of a dead man." Three weeks earlier, he was rescued from "attempted self-slaughter." Now, immured in his unreal world, he recalls, simultaneously, his boyhood in Paris, his discovery of the diary of a 19th century forebear, his life as the husband of an actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brain Surgery | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

Others believe it is too soon to be making recommendations to the public. The long-term effects of high-dose supplements are still unknown, and doctors warn of dangers even in the short term. Too much vitamin D, for example, can cause damaging calcium deposits in muscle tissue, including the heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Scoop On Vitamins | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

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