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...Tuesday's episode of "Spin City," in which for no good reason all the characters were dressed for a costume party, Michael J. Fox, as deputy mayor Mike Flaherty, burst out of a telephone booth in a Superman suit and cape. The symbolism might have been unintentional, but it was certainly striking: after announcing two weeks ago that he has been afflicted with Parkinson's Disease for the past seven years, the 37-year-old actor seemed as healthy and funny as ever--and like the real Superman, Christopher Reeve, who has been a vocal activist for the rights...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Alex Keaton Takes on a New Role | 12/10/1998 | See Source »

...representative of Cambridge Savings Bank at 1374 Mass. Ave. reported that sometime during the evening of Dec. 1 an unknown person removed Christmas decorations valued at $100 from the information booth in Harvard Square...

Author: By Elizabeth N. Dewar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POLICE LOG | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

Ling, an Oklahoma high school dropout, went into the electronics business in 1946 with a $3,000 stake. To finance his earliest acquisitions, he hired salesmen to peddle shares of Ling Electric Co. door to door in Dallas and even set up a booth at the Texas State Fair. Brokers laughed, but investors did well. "The genesis of our business was diversification," says Ling of his rapid expansion, which included everything from aircraft to baseball mitts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Voracious Inc. | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...their trucks, whistling and shouting lewd remarks. The day before, a man approached me as I was walking down the street and barked in my face, "Hey, lady, what's up with you?" Last week, I walked out of a restaurant because the man in the next booth spent the entire meal looking my friend over, from head to toe, and then, with a satisfied smirk, turned his attention...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, | Title: Will Men Ever Stop? | 11/18/1998 | See Source »

...Running Man, Ventura's Captain Freedom is an gladiator-turned TV commentator (in a deft poke at today's NFL jocks-in-the booth culture) who hunts, and then grudgingly respects, Ah-nold. In Predator (1987), he's a gruff special-forces type who hunts a alien in the jungle, and grudgingly respects his commander, Ah-nold. And

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pinning Minnesota | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

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