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I spent a year in the Gate City to the South, which was then still known to some as the Dogwood City, around the time it was trying to become the City Too Busy to Hate. That's the way people in Atlanta might think of it, and that's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats Atlanta: A City of Changing Slogans | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

In the face of the unrelenting cynicism of those who take the time to put pen to paper on a regular basis these days, Cole's sentimentalism--what even he admits to be a weakness for sugary-sweet melodrama--is not only refreshing, but also provocative. It forces us to...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Revealing the Private | 7/6/1988 | See Source »

However, if Rowan merely had reflected on his own past positions, he would have recognized that his recent action points not to the weakness of the case for gun control, but rather to its validity. For once again, the mere presence of a gun can lead not just a hot...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: The Case Rowan Forgot to Make | 6/26/1988 | See Source »

Author Paul Theroux, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst: "These books about the affairs of the White House, telling secrets -- they're obnoxious. But haven't we got a right to know those things? Aren't we obliged to know those things? The same goes for people selling snake oil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: All in The American Family | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

Americans last year quaffed at least 50 million gallons of French and Italian table wine, so the Aussies clearly have a long way to go. But there are good reasons why experts see a promising future. For one thing, the declining value of the U.S. dollar has pushed the prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Bottoms Up, Down Under | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

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