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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What in the world is Barry Levinson, the gritty realist of Diner and Tin Men, doing down, down, down at the bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: At The Bottom Of The Sea | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...others, Simon settled on Susana Tubert, an Argentine-born director who had apprenticed with Harold Prince. She was ousted after three months. Then Simon brought in Eric Simonson, a young Chicago director who had staged The Song of Jacob Zulu on Broadway. Where Tubert had favored a magic-realist approach, Simonson pushed for a more documentary style, which Simon hated. Simonson was out after two months. Simon then prevailed on Morris, whom he got along with well, to take over the job of director as well as choreographer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Seeking Salvation for the Capeman | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...realist in me is scolding my naive desire to believe in our politicians and chiding my willingness to have overlooked the President's flaws for so long. Samuel Johnson said, "Hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are less dreadful than its extinction." The optimist in me still clings to the ideals President Clinton supported (and which made me support him) and hopes that they will survive this crisis intact...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Say It Ain't So, Mr. President | 1/29/1998 | See Source »

Pickard is a realist. A Quaker missionary's son, he didn't try to fight Airborne about the contamination; he started watering his herd from the city's supply. His son works in Airborne's maintenance shop, and Pickard himself makes extra money plowing snow for the company. He can use the cash, since the 15 parcels he farms, comprising 58 acres he owns and an additional 1,400 he rents or leases, net him just $9,000 a year. "Basically, you have to be numb," he says. "You have to accept what is good and shut off what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT ESCAPE | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...past few years the Chinese people have scored very exciting achievements. But there are still brain-breaking questions and problems for us. It's hard for me to tell what's the biggest challenge. I am an optimist and also a realist. I am very confident about the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. AND CHINA: UPS AND DOWNS | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

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