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...Scully (Gillian Anderson) announced she was pregnant, apparently - as far as anyone watching the show could tell - without having had sex with anybody. Millions of viewers asked the eternal question: What the...? So Carter's session with the insatiable critics was a delicate ballet of obviously unanswerable questions and cryptic answers, which alternately conveyed, in classic Carter fashion, that he was holding back the mysteries of the universe or that he basically makes up the answers as he goes along. The very first question, posed by Fox's new entertainment president, Gail Berman: Who's the baby's father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woof! C'mon, Mr. 'X-Files' — Throw Us a Bone! | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

...summer's most hotly anticipated toy is the Interactive Yoda ($39.99) from Tiger Electronics, the same evil geniuses who brought us Furby. There's definitely a family resemblance. Standing about 8 in. tall, Interactive Yoda can move his eyes, mouth and ears in a reasonably lifelike fashion while mumbling cryptic epigrams about the Force. He comes with a miniature light saber (it's about a foot long), and if you stand in front of him and wave it around, he'll critique your Jedi technique. Parents beware: kids may resort to Jedi mind tricks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jun. 26, 2000 | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...liver biopsy cost in Glendale, Calif.?" and be armed with the answer so that when they meet with their doctor or talk to their insurer, they are in the know. Other tools are a physician's directory that includes doctors' experience and background, and a decoder for those cryptic codes on medical forms that describe the treatment for which you're being billed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Your Vital Signs Online | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...changed a bit since then. And in the process FM changed too--Dr. Know disappeared along with J.P.'s glasses, and the days of cryptic Ed Notes and liberal bolding have gone the way of the futura font, once signature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Editor's Note: To Us | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...Through Dec. 24: "Relax!", a "cryptic video environment" by Iain Mitchell...

Author: By Annie Bourneuf, Kirstin Butler, and Jenny Tu, S | Title: The Field Guide: Art in Boston | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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