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With Valentine's Day just around the corner, young lovers might be wise to check out Hubba Hubba, a sex-apparel shop located on Mass. Ave near Central Square...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Sex Toys On Sale | 2/10/1996 | See Source »

...AFTERNOON OF the day of the State of the Union address, Bill Clinton held two rehearsals of his speech in the White House family theater. He was relaxed, in a plaid shirt, drinking tea, cracking wise. Present were a sprinkling of advisers and speechwriters and Vice President Al Gore. "Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of the 104th Congress," the President intoned, then smiled. "Thank you and good night." Laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: WHAT CLINTON IS DOING RIGHT | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...surprise," the executives wrote, "that highly skilled U.S. engineers are not always available on a timely basis." Microchip giant Intel, for example, hired 300 engineers with master's or doctoral degrees last year. About 100 of them came from outside the U.S. "It's a pretty small number percentage-wise," says Tom Waldrop, an Intel spokesman, "but they have a very high effect on the success of the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUTTING OFF THE BRAINS | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

WITH APOLOGIES TO THE LATE DR. SEUSS, who surely would have been wise enough to steer clear of this whole affair: "The time has come/ The time is now/ Just go, Go, GO!/ I don't care how/ You can go by foot/ Or by Bron-co/ O.J. Simpson, will you please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAY GOODNIGHT, O.J. | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

JAMES THURBER: HIS LIFE AND TIMES BY Harrison Kinney (Holt; $40) was scheduled to come out late last year. But the publisher postponed the date to give reviewers a chance to finish all 1,238 pages. A wise move, but not as effective as editing this mountain of repetition, trivia and undigested research would have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: IS EXCESS NECESSARY? | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

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