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Yet Robinson's roots keep him grounded. He spends two days of each workweek at his Baltimore offices, which handle his trucking, port-servicing and real estate interests. Married for 27 years, he talks to his five children daily and says his offspring must gain business experience before coming to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood From Subarus to Celluloid | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

If Sununu hadn't exactly been grounded, he had certainly been sent to his room. But Bush underestimated the depth of Sununu's ethical obtuseness and his zeal at finding a way around the rules. Like a rebellious adolescent, Sununu sneaked down the stairs, grabbed the car keys and slipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House: A Bad Case of the Perks | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

Almost every page of the old wife's tale is lit up with the everyday magic of a world in which birds can sound like women crying and sweaters are knit in the memory of spider webs. Yet all the storybook marvels are grounded in a survivor's vinegar wit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Triumph of Amy Tan | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

"Any theory of underconsumption and purchasing power must be grounded in the psychology of the people." (Economics)

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 5/13/1991 | See Source »

For eight years, Michael was the reporter-researcher of the magazine's Religion section and, on occasion, its writer as well. He was uniquely qualified to be arbiter of matters spiritual and temporal. He studied at a Roman Catholic seminary in upstate New York and had a Bachelor of Arts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Managing Editor: May 6, 1991 | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

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