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...speaks both to the networks' faith in Kelley and their desperation that Fox would take his clever syndication idea and use it to plug up its schedule. "The rest of the world is running South Park all week," says Fox Entertainment president Doug Herzog. "This is the way people watch TV now. We're no longer in control. The viewer is in control." Maybe one day. But for now, Kelley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: It's David Kelley's World: You're Just Watching It | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

Those were some clever ads for male oral contraceptives. The ancient Israelites and Romans knew the significance of testicles. The words testify, testimony and testicle all come from the Latin testis, for testicles. When Roman men gave testimony, they held their testicles in their hand, for they regarded them as sacred. This custom is mentioned in the Old Testament. In the King James translation, the passage reads, "And Abraham said: 'unto his eldest servant of his house... Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee swear...'" In the future when Hollywood makes a biblical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 31, 1999 | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

Sophomore javelin thrower Chris Clever, who was the heptagonal champion, sat out the weekend to rest...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gyorffy, Taylor Qualify for Nationals | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

Sophomore javelin thrower Chris Clever, who was the heptagonal champion, sat out the weekend to rest...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gyorffy, Taylor Qualify For Track Nationals | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

...company's shareholders are now in Europe, though the largest stake is controlled from Kuwait. Another concern is contract negotiations this summer with an increasingly feisty United Auto Workers union. In Europe the economy still trails Schrempp's ambitious expectations, and so do sales of the Smart, a clever but perhaps fatally flawed experiment in making a Mercedes for the masses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daimler-Benz-Chrysler: Worldwide Fender Blender | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

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