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...Broadcast, a slick thriller assembled on a desktop computer in 1997 for--get this--$900, mixes interviews and "found footage" in its story of a cable-TV crew that goes into New Jersey's Pine Barrens in search of a legendary monster; the crew calls this trek "the Jersey Devil project." There is betrayal, death and a twisty climactic frisson in this dark, media-mauling parable. The similarities between it and Blair Witch prove that for film, video or digital artists, self-reflexive stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Blair Witch Craft | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...heard of those places. Other than Texas, Jersey is the only state to have a cohesive, distinct personality. It is a state so full of attitude that its capital, Trenton, welcomes visitors with Hollywood-size letters declaring TRENTON MAKES. THE WORLD TAKES. Our mascot is the devil. Jersey is short, tough and looking for a fight. That's because everyone wants our women. Sure, they pretend to want the California girl, all blond and Barbie and demurely flirtatious. But the Jersey girl, with her big hair and stone-washed jeans, takes Barbie's lunch money. If there were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Sing the New Jersey Electric | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...times that passion has knocked him off his hinges, as it did during a gun-control debate when he used his family's tragic deaths to attack former G.O.P. Representative Gerald Solomon. "Play with the Devil, die with the Devil!" Kennedy screamed. During the House vote to impeach Bill Clinton, he nearly came to blows with Georgia's Bob Barr over the Republican's use of a quote from President Kennedy. These outbursts have not hurt him in the eyes of his colleagues. Says Gephardt: "Patrick has the fire of idealism and the passion that Jack and Bobby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Representative Patrick Kennedy: IDEALIST IN THE HOUSE | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...girlfriends around the quiet campus or ducking into a party thrown by some son or daughter of the international elite, he was clearly beginning to get the hang of the strange but pleasurable life opening up before him. There were difficult moments: the Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil would start playing in a room where Kennedy was hanging out, and he'd exit before Mick Jagger sang, "I shouted out, 'Who killed the Kennedys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art Of Being JFK Jr. | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...biological brain disorders, severe mental illnesses can be treated with medication, but other factors also are important. Although delusions of grandeur, in which some people may believe that they are God or, conversely, the devil, sometimes mark the manic phase of bipolar disorders, NAMI believes spiritual faith can play a critical role in an individual's recovery and renewal. For more information about mental illness, readers can call (800) 950-6264. LAURIE FLYNN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Arlington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 28, 1999 | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

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