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More and more, whether because of what movies are made or how they are marketed (or both), movie-going audiences seem to divide into two distinct camps, the art-house faction and the block-buster crowd. The two species have specific and trackable behavior patterns that make differentiation easy...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reconciling Highbrow, Big-Budget Films | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...sometimes for hours, to shop at Ontario Mills, the size of 38 football fields, set in the shadow of the San Bernardino Mountains. On a weekday afternoon scores of patrons are driving on the virtual-reality car track or teeing off on the virtual-reality driving range at Dave & Buster's, an eats-and-entertainment emporium at Ontario. Tens of thousands of shoppers, many off tour buses and from as far away as South Korea, march through 10 color-coordinated "neighborhoods"--themed retail zones catering to tastes ranging from upscale dresses to sporting and adolescent attire. Overhead, 65 giant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MALL, THE MERRIER | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...notch cushion over mortal enemy Kansas City), he has yet to have a losing week, and yea, tho the soph blues weigh on him, that fog still parts a few times a week. The locks for Week 11: The Seahawks. Last week's cover-buster against Denver was portent for a slaughter in San Diego. The Steelers will win, and win big. The no-offense sleeper vs. Chiefs last Monday was a gut check for Kordell, whose ex-mate Bam Morris will probably show up stoned. And yes, this is the part where the Cowboys make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Top of the Covers | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

Popular opinion, for instance, once held that only Justice could topple IBM's hardware hegemony, but the market proved a far better Big Blue buster than the feds. And two years ago, the irresistible force in online services was supposed to be the Microsoft Network, which, like this year's Explorer, came bundled into every last Windows machine. Instead, MSN floundered and AOL cleaned its clock. Microsoft may yet get its comeuppance (Java, anyone?), but digital history suggests it will come not from Washington but from some hitherto obscure geek who--just like young Bill, once upon a time--shatters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL RENO BRAKE WINDOWS? | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...really run for president with a Buster Brown haircut? Ever since word spread that JOHN KASICH was interested in the White House, the irrepressible Ohio Congressman with a passion for balanced budgets and the Grateful Dead has been dogged by charges that he lacks the gravitas for the job. According to critics within his party, Kasich, 45, may be the G.O.P.'s most inspiring communicator, but he's too young, too arrogant and too unfocused to run for President. But TIME has learned that Kasich is so serious about getting into the race that he has assembled a team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN 2000 | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

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