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...they smoke marijuana instead of tobacco. But the central characters in Easy Rider are as remote as the freedom they are seeking. Wyatt (Peter Fonda) is a vague, unshaven pothead who likes to refer to himself as "Captain America." His manic sidekick Billy (Dennis Hopper) has a droopy Stephen Crane mustache and shiny eyes fixed on some wild interior vision. Flush from the profits of dope selling, the cyclists symbolically cast off their wristwatches and head for that persistent American symbol of adventure, the Road. In his first major role, Jack Nicholson proves that he knows far more about acting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1960-1973 Revolution | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...Kevin Crane, Friday's attorney, said he remains optimistic the Commission will grant his client a license. Although he was not sure how much weight the Licensing Commission will give the Defense Fund's testimony, he said things look positive for Friday...

Author: By Emily N. Tabak, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Friday's Chooses Brattle St. Spot | 2/11/1998 | See Source »

...interested in this place," says Lieut. Colonel Conrad Crane, a member of West Point's history department, "when I asked the cadets in my class why they were here. Some said free education or to get a job on Wall Street. I wanted to show them what being a West Pointer is all about." He shows them a graveyard full of the young, dating from the first man buried here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST POINT, NY: TOO MANY BRAVE SOULS | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...Dodi Fayed and their driver, and injuring their bodyguard. Last Monday at 9:20 p.m., a flatbed truck backed slowly into the tunnel bearing the grotesquely gnarled black hulk that has etched itself into the world's collective consciousness as Diana's death car. With the help of a crane, workers placed the Mercedes in three separate positions: on the right lane near the tunnel entrance, where the car lost control; against the 13th pillar, which had left a cookie-cutter imprint in the car's front end; and nosed up to the right-hand wall, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DOSSIER ON PRINCESS DIANA'S CRASH | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...last time she had sex is, "When did that Ferris Bueller movie come out?" Ronnie is the latest in one of TV's perennial fall lines: the expert at work who can't control life at home (cf. Newhart, Home Improvement). With writer-producers Marta Kauffman and David Crane (Friends) polishing the assembly-line gags until they're hand-tooled, and with Kirstie Alley in fine form, Veronica's Closet deserves to last as long as Bob's and Tim's sitcoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: JOY FROM A WELL-STOCKED CLOSET | 9/29/1997 | See Source »

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