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...apparently can't sew, either. De Niro does make the monster into a sympathetic human-like character, but that character bears a striking resemblance to Robert De Niro with a lisp under several pounds of latex. John Cleese and Tom Hulce are welcome diversions from Branagh's well-oiled chest...

Author: By Sorelle B. Braun, | Title: Kenneth Branagh's FRANKENSTEIN | 11/10/1994 | See Source »

...which swelled to 8 ft. long and 27 in. around before -- as the organ's label records -- his case "terminated fatally." The bladder stones of Chief Justice John Marshall (1755-1835) are here, along with a death cast of the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, connected at the chest. (Their fused liver sits in formaldehyde in a display tray below.) Floating inside a small glass bottle, item No. 13,671 is a thumb-size brown chunk of flesh "procured at the postmortem" of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin. (Last week Booth's ancestors petitioned for exhumation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches Little Museum of Horrors | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

...Friday , just hours after former First Lady Nancy Reagan called Virginia GOP Senate hopefulOliver Northa liar, Vice President Al Gore got himself in trouble with the following jab at North's $17 million war chest: "He is banking on the fact that he can raise enough money from the extreme right-wing -- the extra-chromosome right wing -- to come in and buy enough advertising to just overwhelm the truth with blatant falsehoods." North's campaign staff seized on the phrase to accuse Gore of insensitivity to children with Down's Syndrome, pointing out that extra chromosomes cause the condition. Gore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIRGINIA SENATE . . . OLLIE GORES AL FOR GAFFE | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

North's careful response suggests he may be pulling his punches since he has a slight edge over incumbent democrat Chuck Robb. New FEC figures say he's got a $17 million war chest -- four times that of Robb and nearly 30 times independent Marshall Coleman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR CHEST | 10/28/1994 | See Source »

...soldier died in the fire fight and 12 were injured. Three kidnappers were killed and another was captured, along with an alleged accessory. According to Israeli officials, Waxman was found inside the house, bound in chains and shot by his captors at point-blank range in the neck and chest. Army sources believe Waxman was executed during the siege or just before, perhaps after the gunmen saw the special forces approach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murderers of Peace | 10/24/1994 | See Source »

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