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The company's strength has become its weakness. Reader's Digest has been unable to exploit its greatest core asset: a monster database. Despite 100 million households logged in and millions of dollars spent maintaining the data, the company has yet to find an effective way to match products with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sad Story at the Digest | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

The format is now so firmly established that it has been included in the last two rounds of presidential debates. In both '92 and '96, the Clinton camp insisted on it, and no wonder. The most painful moment in either campaign came in watching George Bush and Bob Dole struggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ye Olde Town Gimmick | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

Could the same standard be held up for men? Would men feel the obligation to denounce any show in which the male characters acted inanely of showed some weakness? Would men categorically denounce Seinfeld because Kramer is a little "off" or Frasier because he appears a bit effeminate at times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deconstructing Ally | 2/12/1998 | See Source »

Where does all this leave Mrs. Clinton? Her performance on last week's Today show was an interesting fusion of political hackwork and personal calm, though one would assume that she is going through hell again. Yet in marriages, both successful and serviceable, a weakness in one partner is often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Sex Got to Do with It? | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

Harvard tends to be a school of fiercely independent individuals. Admitting weakness is tantamount to admitting defeat. The result is a need for solitary solutions for coping with the environment and imposed ignorance of the cold system. Students struggle with personal crises brought on by the Harvard system throughout their...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: Necessary Liquid Courage | 2/3/1998 | See Source »

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