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...approach. "It's your responsibility as Vermonters to educate all our kids," he says. But later he growls at his opponent, "I don't blame you for not liking Act 60. You had a great deal, and it's coming to an end." That outburst leaves the air almost neon with anger. "It makes me feel like someone is going to get shot," says anti-Act 60 activist Mary Barrosse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revolt Of The Gentry | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

Warhol was the neon sign of the times, flashing SEX, GOSSIP, DEATH. His hunger for the machinery and trappings of fame thrust him beyond painting into filmmaking, with titles like Flesh and Trash; into music, fronting Lou Reed's rock band, the Velvet Underground; into publishing the gushing society organ Interview; even into the odd cameo appearance on TV. All these activities orbited the low-gravity center of the artist, with his blank stare and his wan voice that uttered such sibylline aphorisms as "I want to be a machine" and, most quoted of all, "In the future everyone will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publicist, Prankster, Parvenu, Andy Warhol Was The Pan Of Modern Art | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...always colored within the lines. With the possible exception of a neon yellow turtleneck I once wore on Halloween, my clothing would never catch your eye. My hairstyle and my taste in music are about as bland as your average oatmeal. And yet, by Harvard standards, I have become a rebel...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: And That Has Made All the Difference | 5/8/1998 | See Source »

...rubber match will be settled before a backdrop featuring the Green Monster and the neon Citgo sign...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baseball Begins Quest for the Pot | 4/21/1998 | See Source »

Game organizers claim Assassin is one of the best ways to meet fellow House members. Bonds forged among "family" members last long after the last neon-shot is fired...

Author: By Linnea E. Housewright, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Natural Born Killers Stalk Quincy House in Do-or-Die Game | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

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