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...Before a slew of television reporters and a crowd of more than 80, Ashe said in a brief acceptance speech that he was "taken aback" by the award and said he hoped to "grow tall into the crown of leadership...

Author: By Jerome J. Chou, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: AIDS Institute Honors Ashe | 12/1/1992 | See Source »

Apart from the playful Kiss That Frog, based on the Prince Charming fairy tale, Us offers little in the way of light fare. Recent Gabriel converts who expect another slew of hits to equal those heard on So will be disappointed, but Gabriel's older fans, accustomed to his challenging lyrics and textured musical landscapes, will find that Us is for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rhythms Of Inwardness | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

...launch a rock band) and 2000 Malibu Road, a soap opera set in a California beach house, all drew strong ratings this summer. Coming this fall are NBC's The Round Table (young professionals in Washington), Fox's Class of '96 (students at a small Northeastern college) and a slew of youth- oriented sitcoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Generation Gap | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

That pitch roused the crowd in Houston, but polls show most Republicans still consider Quayle unqualified. And a slew of other presidential aspirants are also positioning themselves to run in 1996. Among them: chief of staff James Baker, conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, Housing Secretary Jack Kemp, Massachusetts Governor William Weld and William Bennett, former commander of the war on drugs. And Texas Senator Phil Gramm, another 1996 hopeful, hurt himself with a keynote address that delegates judged too long and snoozy. Then again, that was the rap on the 1988 keynote speech of the Democrat who now leads George Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Veep Bites Back | 8/31/1992 | See Source »

...Georgia, where South Ossetians have been fighting to break away and join ethnic brethren across the border in Russia; and of course in Yugoslavia and in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, caught in a violent tug-of-war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Even peaceful secessions could spawn a slew of mininations, unable to support themselves economically and dependent on aid from richer nations for survival. At a recent international conference French President Francois Mitterrand worried out loud "whether in the future every tribal group will dispose of its own laws to the exclusion of any common law?" and immediately answered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Splinter, Splinter, Little State | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

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