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Franklin: [Erykah] Badu is a very good vocalist. I like her wit. She's kind of a cross between Diana Ross and Billie Holiday. Mariah Carey has done some things I like. Her vocals and production have a very tight quality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Soul Sister 2000 | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...symbol of the warmth and ebullience associated with New York Italians. Mayor Giuliani has said that he models himself on La Guardia. This must strike many New Yorkers as the equivalent of Kenneth Starr's saying that early in his life he decided to adopt the style and wit of John F. Kennedy: something got lost in the translation. (Those who believe in a just and vengeful God, as Starr apparently does, must have felt the heavens rumble when, around the time the Office of the Independent Counsel was trying to bully Monica Lewinsky's mother into telling the grand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rudy Giuliani, Proctor of New York | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...Belvedere" and "Mama's Family:" Hard-headed title character (Belvedere, Mama) maintains the sanity of a household through wit and sarcasm, dealing with stupid patriarchs (George Owen, Venton Harper) and mischevious family members (Wesley, Naomi...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, | Title: '80s Television: It's All In the Family | 2/26/1998 | See Source »

Certain exceptional people are lights in winter. (I do hope that I am getting through to you.) Louis Armstrong was one, especially when his eyes gleamed over the mouthpiece of his trumpet. Carole Lombard too had a wit like sunshine. Fred Astaire was light on his feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winter Lights | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

Even the smart people want to make money these days. Years ago, I hear, they used to be satisfied wit one-room apartments, a hot plate and a library card. Writers and intellectuals used to stake their authority on their poverty. They had perspective; they were poor in a rich man's world. Today, the smartest of the smart-set need a little place in the Berkshires, a sporty car and a big old colonial on a hill. Can they keep their authority and their perspective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Literati for Sale | 2/12/1998 | See Source »

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