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...McGuffin, a mole, a master criminal. Many minor characters of menacing mien, dubious loyalty and short life expectancy. Computer and explosive technology to die for (many will). An imperturbably resourceful undercover agent (in this case Tom Cruise) who must, among other strenuous chores, penetrate a supposedly impregnable vault wherein reposes a secret, sacred document that everybody else is pursuing too. And last but not least: a helicopter/train chase ending in the predictable fireball that equally predictably fails even to singe Cruise's beetle brows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: MOVIE: IMPROBABLE | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

DIVORCING. Singer LATOYA JACKSON and agent-hubby JACK GORDON; in Las Vegas. Alleging beatings and death threats, Jackson has obtained a temporary protective order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 27, 1996 | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

...NASA's space flight center, defense contractors around the nation and the South Korean atomic energy center. Senator Sam Nunn, ranking Democrat on the committee, said that Internet crime presents a whole new challenge for ensuring national security. "Is the bad actor a 16-year old, a foreign agent, an anarchist or a combination thereof?" he asked. "How do you ascertain the nature of a threat if you don't know the motive of your adversary?" Adding fuel to the threat of cyberspace infiltration is a report that some 120 governments have or are developing computer attack capabilities. Chris McKenna

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon's Computer Security Problem | 5/22/1996 | See Source »

EXPECTING. NANCY KERRIGAN, 26, Olympian on ice; her first child, with husband-agent Jerry Solomon, 41; in Boston. The premiere of the junior Kerrigan is expected in December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 20, 1996 | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

Carlton Sedgeley, West's New York agent, said that the Sunday incident is now "under investigation" by police authorities at both Harvard and Newton...

Author: By Kathryn R. Markham, | Title: West Cancels Trip After Threat Made on His Life | 5/15/1996 | See Source »

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