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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...secret among hardcore athletes and sports nutritionists, Rolling Rock beer has gained an underground following. This sports drink's alcohol content, according to one Olympic-hopeful, "gives a numbing buzz. It dulls the pain. Rolling Rock saved me 5.2 seconds on my last 6K." A crisp, cold beer tastes great and the carbonation sitting in the gut acts like a secret reserve of air. When you're going anaerobic, let rip a belch, and you'll catch your breath lickedy split! Admittedly, the dehydrating effect of beer may hinder performance, according to laboratory tests. Experts recommend washing down...

Author: By A. R. Cohen, | Title: A Sport Drink Debate | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

Neither can millions of other women. At a time when fictional soaps are struggling and talk-show ratings are flat, TLC has created buzz--and unprecedented ratings--among the coveted demographic of women ages 18 to 34--out of a lineup of low-budget "lifestyle documentaries" that allow viewers to peer into the lives of real people as they experience key rites of passage. Last month's premiere of A Dating Story (you guessed it, real blind dates) grabbed the No. 1 cable ranking in its time slot among younger women--a coup all the more remarkable because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Labor, Love and Ratings | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...Forget about it," the bartender advises. "It says right in the Times story that the man is such a nut about security that boaters who get too close to his dock in East Hampton may get told to buzz off by a guard with a submachine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: She Likes Ron for Ron! | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

Kids and retailers of all ages will fondly remember Sheriff Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) and his battery-powered pal Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), who together saved a lot of other toys from a fate worse than yard sales. This time hero Woody is the victim--kidnapped by Al to complete a set of classic '50s toys. Turns out Woody, or the marionette that inspired him, was once famous. He starred in his own TV show. He generated spin-off merchandise like radios, yo-yos, ukuleles. Heck, he was on the cover of TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TS2: Sneak Preview | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...cynically, a movie sequel is just an attempt to extend the franchise created by a hit. And in this case, a franchise that sold millions of toys. When Buzz says dewily, "Life's only worth livin' if you've been loved by a kid," he is voicing either the sweetest sentiment ever or the canniest slogan for Toys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TS2: Sneak Preview | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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