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...problem with social engineering is that it so often falls prey to the law of unintended consequences. Take welfare reform in New Jersey. Five years ago, the state became a conservative favorite thanks to a tough new law ensuring that any woman who became pregnant while on welfare would not be given additional cash assistance for her new child. Advocates of the law, known as the family cap, called it a strike for personal responsibility, one that would force welfare parents to make the same family-planning decisions that working-class families do. Twenty-three other states followed suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incite to Abort | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...have Dedee--not only in your face but down your throat. In the film's first 15 minutes, she desecrates her stepfather's grave, runs away from home with her one-testicled boyfriend, dumps him to visit her gay half brother, seduces his boyfriend and declares she's pregnant. To top it off, Dedee is the movie's narrator: a man eater who in other films would be gazed at and gossiped about, but here gets to tell us what we need to know. At least she's honest about herself. "I don't have a heart of gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Modern Romance | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

...Harrison Ford--the No. 1 box-office draw in the world--but your manager says the new "love of your life" may cost you the juicy part. Imagine--miracle of miracles!--that you get the lead anyway, but the studio hits the roof when rumors spread that you're pregnant with this new love. Now imagine that a $70 million investment rides on your performance--and on your love life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Out On Her Own | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

...turned down offers to paint Queen Elizabeth and Pope John Paul II (and has had one of his pieces sold at auction for $5.8 million), painted the statuesque wife of MICK JAGGER. Best known for disturbing portraits of fleshy naked women, Sigmund's grandson shows the leggy Texan both pregnant and with her then infant son. The paintings will be premiered at London's Tate Gallery on Wednesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 8, 1998 | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

Most of all, I Love Lucy was grounded in emotional honesty. Though the couple had a tempestuous marriage off-screen (Desi was an unrepentant philanderer), the Ricardos' kisses showed the spark of real attraction. In the episode where Lucy finds out she is pregnant, she can't break the news to Ricky because he is too busy. Finally, she takes a table at his nightclub show and passes him an anonymous note asking that he sing a song, We're Having a Baby, to the father-to-be. As Ricky roams the room looking for the happy couple, he spies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUCILLE BALL: The TV Star | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

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