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...wants you to know why people pour in from around the globe to struggle at no-name start-ups and fight for $1,200 studios next to strip malls. The valley is the epicenter of the digital revolution, the soul of change. Its lure must be more than a crass grab for cash, right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: High Times in the Valley | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...Solo was the only major character in the original movies who didn't fit into a tidy little box. He wasn't pure good or pure evil. He was the anti-establishment good guy. He was sarcastic; he was crass; he was human. He didn't have a weird family tree. No "Han, I am your father" for him. He didn't even have any fun Jedi powers. He just had a junky ship, a blaster and a bunch of one-liners. Fisher recently confessed in Newsweek that "I had a crush on Mr. Ford before it became a trend...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: Finding the Force | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...running a campaign so much as testing a thesis: finding out whether he can win without losing his soul. (Sounds corny, but that's the movie he has cast himself in.) When I suggest he's positioning himself just to the left of Gore, he makes me feel crass: "We've got to get beyond this political calculation game," he says, "and give somebody the benefit of the doubt that he's speaking from the heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In a Contrary State, an Underdog Has His Day | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...same way that the malls start playing Christmas carols in November, I usually begin hinting at gift ideas well in advance of Father's Day. I'll admit that starting in March this year was a bit crass, even for me. In my defense I feel compelled to point out that if you're angling for a digital video camcorder, you need more time to make your case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Versatile Video | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...things] I found most interesting [is] what I can learn from people's opinions of Americans," Casillas writes. "Basically they are seen as crass, uncultured, imperialistic, materialistic and puritanical. However, they are also perceived as independent, hard-working and competent...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: OUT OF THE BOX | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

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