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...nongrouches may squirm at the sugarcoating this subject has received. Except for a few taunting schoolmates, Corky is drenched in love and support. Life Goes On may have the highest hug-a-minute ratio of any show in TV history. His parents (Bill Smitrovich and Patti LuPone) are unfailingly wise and patient. Only his blunt younger sister (Kellie Martin) worries occasionally about being embarrassed by her brother in school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Reflections of A Real Grouch | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...ever lost. "That war cleaves us still," said George Bush in his Inaugural Address. "But, friends, surely the statute of limitations has been reached. The final lesson of Viet Nam is that no great nation can long afford to be sundered by a memory." Like Palmerston's, those were wise words. But the Administration has yet to apply the lesson to Viet Nam itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America: Abroad The Debacle Deepens | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...They include blacks and other minorities, the physically or mentally handicapped, and any group of siblings who must be adopted together. The term also applies to children who are simply too old for a market that favors infants. In the beauty contest that is adoption, it is never wise to turn five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: Nobody's Children | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...Katie was one of the top three point-scorers on the team," stated Jones. "But she will not only be a big loss point-wise. She was a big inspiration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Harriers Crush Cornell, 10-43; Jones Finishes First in 18:51 | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...champion Joe Louis, Barrow also derides the mayor as a holdover "from an old era" who naively granted sizable tax abatements to Chrysler and General Motors for plant construction projects that did not create as many jobs as promised or that cost taxpayers too much. Barrow promotes himself as wise in the ways of business and administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope, Not Fear | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

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