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The problem was keeping it quiet. While cutting the 397-page tome down to cover-story length, Seaman had to take special care not to arouse the curiosity of fellow reporters, especially about the manuscript's stunning disclosure of Nancy Reagan's obsession with astrology. "All it would take would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: May 16, 1988 | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

CALVINO tackles questions that have puzzled the driest and most difficult literary critics of the century, but he does not share their obsession for inventing or redefining terms. He does not bully the reader with tortuous grammar, or leave gaps and ambiguities in his logic as examples of the defects...

Author: By W. CALEB Crain, | Title: Re: 20th Century Literature | 4/23/1988 | See Source »

Although the Reagan Administration insists that the troops will be kept far from the battle zone, the news that an American battalion moved within a dozen miles of the Nicaraguan border suggests that the Administration is once again putting its obsession with toppling the Sandinista government above the highly acclaimed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shooting Down a Dove | 3/24/1988 | See Source »

Dole tried his own version of a broad appeal. Unlike Kemp and Robertson, he has the stature and maturity to be credible. But he based his claim on his personal conviction, bordering on obsession, that he is better equipped to run the country. His constant attempt to depict himself as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush by a Shutout | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

Some women profess to regard Lois as a pioneering role model, the only go- getting female reporter. (Older observers can recall that Brenda Starr has been tearing through the comic pages since 1940, and that real-life role models of the period included such famous bylines as Anne O'Hare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Up, Up and Awaaay!!! | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

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