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...movie showed footage of the young Presley teaching Forrest to bump and grind, the Franco-Elvises leapt to their feet in a heartwarming, toe-tapping display of idolatry...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Elvis is Alive | 2/23/1995 | See Source »

...where such a factory might be. And almost the first person she asks proves to be an unfortunate choice. Mr. Hilditch, a heavy, middle-aged catering supervisor, takes a dangerous interest in this lost, desperate girl, just as he has in others like her who were unfortunate enough to bump into him in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEDUCED AND ABANDONED | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

...where such a factory might be. And almost the first person she asks proves to be an unfortunate choice. Mr. Hilditch, a heavy, middle-aged catering supervisor, takes a dangerous interest in this lost, desperate girl, just as he has in others like her who were unfortunate enough to bump into him in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Seduced and Abandoned | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

George Washington's Cows, written and illustrated by David Small (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $15), reveals in owlish, bumpety-bump verse and vivid drawings why the great man entered politics: because his livestock drove him goobers. His cows insisted on wearing lavender gowns and being sprayed with cologne (which was quite expensive); his pigs wore wigs and served dinner to guests at Mount Vernon (very nicely too, but still ); and his sheep wore academic gowns and delivered lectures. They "measured the sea with a stick./ Then, raising their hoofs in triumph, they cried:/ 'We say with a certain amount of pride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Imagine: a Cow in a Gown! | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...admit that I was pretty disappointed when Javert from "Les Miserables" jumped to his death before he could bump off that irritating fruit, Jean Vajean. And I always wished that the Von Trapp family could have come to a more, say, creative, end. I also have to admit that I really liked "Galaxy...

Author: By Daley C. Haggar, | Title: Weiner's Premiere Play Astounds With Its Ridiculous Humor Out of This GALAXY | 12/8/1994 | See Source »

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