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Perhaps it is fitting that a character who does not know who he is not is played by an actor who does know how to play him (Am I Woody? Am I not?). Allen's allegory about how tasteless we have become with our obsession with a syndicated world is...

Author: By Lauren M. Mechling, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: CELEBRITY | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

Morality from the United Nations? Well, yes, says TIME Washington deputy bureau chief Jef McAllister. "The U.N. document has actually accomplished much since it was adopted," he says. "Not only is it now invoked everywhere when people feel oppressed, but most importantly, the declaration has helped bestow legitimacy on protesters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword | 12/10/1998 | See Source »

"There is no chemist I can think of who matches the product of Professor Whitesides' breadth and depth in research," said Higgins Professor of Chemistry Richard H. Holm. "This is a fitting award for one of the greatest chemists in the world."

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scientists Honored With National Medals | 12/8/1998 | See Source »

There used to be different niches for people with differences in talent, skills and personality, he argues, but Americans are becoming more and more programmed to force their children into a mold. "There is an emotional cost, and eventually there will be a physical cost of taking square and rectangular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Ritalin | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

Coupling commercial techno-kitsch with the masterworks of Van Gogh and Picasso is like crossing the book Private Parts by Howard Stern with the Civil War diaries of Mary Chestnut. Thank you, Vegas, for your attempts at high art, but no thanks. A Warholian approach might have been more fitting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 16, 1998 | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

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