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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knew she could not fight alone, and she had little use for the available recruits. Of her husband's staff, says a close ally, "she thinks they are fairly weak, with little backbone and little courage." At the worst moment of his presidency, after the 1994 election wipeout, sources tell TIME, Hillary was even privately advocating the firing of much of the upper echelon of the White House staff. So she needed some kindred spirits to shape the strategy, people who could double as surrogates in the conversations that could not possibly take place in front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary Clinton: The Better Half | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...British Petroleum and Monsanto to pledge that their companies would contribute less to the greenhouse effect. "There is a rising tide of environmental awareness," says incoming Ford chairman William Clay Ford Jr. "Smart companies will get ahead of the wave. Those that don't are headed for a wipeout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Watch: Planet Watch | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

With every ice-gouging jump, every painted-on smile and every slip-and-slide wipeout broadcast into our homes on an incessant beam, we all know how difficult it is to become a world-class figure skater. We nod knowingly when commentators talk about turnout of feet and good position in camels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life After The Glory | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

Morrison has a hulking charm that makes one root against hope for Jake's regeneration. That, of course, would be to deny the movie's trajectory toward emotional wipeout. By the end, Once Were Warriors has left an ache in your heart, a hole in your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOXIC LOVE | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

...unflinchingly retro surfdisc, a collection of surfer instrumentals thatwere released between '60 and '63. Like all thebest that camp has to offer, this disc is morethan just an amusement item: the burning guitarwork and unstoppable rhythms that mark classicssuch as the Cantay's "Pipeline" and the Surfaris'"Wipeout" (check out those killer bongos!) serveas the backbone for this disc. The two tunes bysurf-guitar master Dick Dale are predictablystrong, as Dale deftly powers his way through histrademark, riff-based style...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Of Tango, Bluegrass, and surf Music... | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

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