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...going to circulate a referendum petition on the vote of the city council when they passed this home rule petition," she said. "That means the legislature would not have a request from the city to pass this new terrible bill that's not even a compromise but a cop...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Judge's Order Could Stall End of Rent Control | 11/30/1994 | See Source »

24th century: Star Trek forgotten; cult forms around Shatner's '80s cop show, T.J. Hooker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Trek: the Timeline | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

...Nation-time/ Nation-time/ ready to put in work," the chorus goes, calling for black solidarity. The mesmerizing Black Ego starts with the sound of a policeman reading Butterfly (real name: Ishmael Butler) his rights and the rapper sourly answering, "Oh, like I ever had rights." But unlike cop-hating gangsta rappers, Digable Planets has a constructive rebelliousness. "There are messages in our music for people who are oppressed in America to recognize their oppression," says trio member Ladybug (Mary Ann Vierra). "So this is one little way to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Cats and Rappers | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

...black guy gave me a ride from the California border and dropped me downtown. He gave me a few bucks and encouraged me to get help. I had only the clothes on my back, and I slept outside that night." The next day he talked to a cop and eventually was driven to the Veterans Affairs treatment center in West Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madness in Fine Print | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

...comics. And the number of movies multiplied as financing got better, and yea, became exceedingly multitudinous on the whole earth. And the voice of comedy became a babble (or babel), impossible to characterize. But there was "Trading Places" and "48 Hours" and "When Harry Met Sally" and "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Ghostbusters" and "Metropolitan" and "A Fish Called Wanda" and "The Player" and "Bob Roberts" and more beyond number and counting. But you've seen all of those, I'm sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Let There Be Comedy | 10/29/1994 | See Source »

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