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Like Beauty and the Beast, Rock-a-Doodle borrows from an older literary source, Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Edmond, a normal 1950s farm boy, drifts to sleep as his mother reads to him from an abridged version of the 13th century classic--undoubtedly a staple in barnyards across the nation. Understandably disoriented, the boy imagines himself into the body of a whiny kitten on the trail of modernized Chanticleer, Chaucer's rooster who makes the morning...

Author: By Suchurita Mulpuru, | Title: Don't Rush to This Fowl Film | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...results: A close victory, 5-4, over Southern Methodist University, followed by a thrashing at the hands of second-ranked Texas Christian University, 0-9. Then, at the Blue-Gray Classic at Montgomery, Al., the team earned a victory against Auburn, 6-3, but suffered two consecutive losses to 13th-ranked North Carolina, 6-0, and 16th-ranked Miami...

Author: By Ishani Maitra, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Netmen Fall Short on Spring Trip | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

Four other swimmers competed at nationals: sophomore Sean Gouldson (10th, 100 backstroke), freshman Tim Carver (15th, 100 backstroke), senior Chris Kovacs (17th, 100 backstroke), junior Simon Wainwright (13th, 200 butterfly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peterson Takes Third at Nationals | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...attacks. Central Point Software in Beaverton, Ore., for example, reported that sales of its $129 antiviral program jumped 700% in one month. Central Point gave away thousands of copies of another, smaller program designed to destroy Michelangelo and a second virus set to strike this week, on Friday the 13th. But included in that freebie was a clever marketing tool for the company's full-powered program: a list of 1,007 other viruses that could still be lurking in the soul of your machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ding! Whrrrrrrrrrrrr. Crash! | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

When he isn't fielding calls to his 800 line, Jerry Brown communicates with potential voters on-line, thanks to his new CompuServe computer link. Hmm . . . are the Michelangelo and Friday the 13th viruses political plots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward Spin: Mar. 16, 1992 | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

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