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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...used to think Gwyneth Paltrow was a nice blond girl (okay, so a nice, unnaturally blond girl). After all, she always played the victim, always had pretty hair and could carp in a British accent with the best of them. But Gwyneth started to wear on me. I couldn't quite figure out why. And then it all started coming together last month--after she lampooned Sharon Stone's husband on SNL. Stone, unable to contain her boiling rage, burst out with what everyone has been thinking for months: "She lives in a rarefied air that's very thin...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

California's lefty Democrats whined that Davis abandoned them just when they could have steamrolled Republicans, with a majority in both houses along with the top job in the state for the first time in 16 years. Republicans carp about his grabbing headlines for initiatives set in motion by Republican predecessor Pete Wilson. Ticking off both parties while at the same time shaming them into action is the triple crown of nonpartisan, post-impeachment politics. But being in the middle isn't necessarily easy. It's like standing on a highway median strip--every time you step into traffic, someone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gray Davis: The Most Fearless Governor in America | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

What spooks the nets is that PVRs could, theoretically, strip out their ads and insert ads of their own, and ultimately upset the entire system of ad-based TV. "These boxes are not a simple piece of consumer electronics, like a VCR," says Bert Carp, attorney for the coalition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come PVRs | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...even a salute to the finger waggers and Jeremiahs, who remind me of Vera Carp of Tuna, Texas. She used to say, "You will act like a Christian, or I will slap the snot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's A Jumble Out There | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...soldiers agreed that peace accords, not the continued occupation of Arab land, were ultimately the best safeguard for Israel's security. In contrast to the ultra-vigilant Netanyahu, they shared a confidence in the country's strength. Barak once said Netanyahu saw Israel as a "carp among barracudas" while he saw it as a "benign killer whale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gruff And Very Tough | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

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