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...first glance, there would seem to be little that's new here to any close reader of fortune cookies. There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads. "I was so angry," we say, "I couldn't think straight." Neither is it surprising that "people skills" are useful, which amounts to saying, it's good to be nice. "It's so true it's trivial," says Dr. Paul McHugh, director of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. But if it were that simple, the book would not be quite...
George, Mr. Kennedy writes in the inaugural issue, is meant to "to demystify the political process, to enable [the reader] to see politicians not just as ideological symbols but as lively and enjoyable men and women who shape public life." Thus the magazine's title, the first name of our first president. George Washington, we must grant, does suggest an ideological symbol, whereas George implies a lively man who shaped political life...
...only writer I know who has footnotes in his fiction," says Frank Marshall, who directed Congo. Raves Spielberg: "He has maybe the richest imagination of anybody I know. And he grounds his fantasy in such contemporary technical reality that he can make the reader swallow just about anything." Need a for-instance? Take Jurassic Park, page...
When a 'zine starts to pay and large profits are made, it becomes a magazine! Why can't Time Warner and other corporate jerks stay out of a thriving hobby that is based on writer-reader trust? I'm going to make sure that in my 'zine people know what's happening, and I'm going to tell them to stay away from corporate 'zines that are more interested in making a buck than preserving the public's last breath of free expression. DAVE NOWAK, age 16 Editor, Potato Blight Baltimore, Maryland...
...Perot Parade. Behind the scenes at the United We Stand convention in Dallas, where politicians from both parties courted independent voters. Photos by Shelly Katz for TIME. In two parts: Section 1 (148K) and Section 2 (140K). Acrobat PDF format. Download the free Acrobat PDF Reader...