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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last half a dozen episodes have the ladies reaching a crescendo of tastelessness. They fire off jokes about masturbation, bulimia and the crisis in Grozny. In one episode, Edina and Patsy tart themselves up for the arrival of two male prostitutes. When Edina is worried that her tight dress will make her seem like "a pushover," Patsy responds, "Darling, you're paying him. In his eyes you're already flat on your back and staked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: CAROUSING WOMEN | 6/12/1995 | See Source »

...Muir first made a mark in the early '60s, her mastery of starkly simple yet always elegant designs kept her on the cutting edge for three decades. Her practical credo: "When designing clothes, you must remember that you are covering a body that moves." Her specialty: the "little black dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 12, 1995 | 6/12/1995 | See Source »

...hard to imagine a human being who holds on to more odd items than Geller. Above his fireplace he has beanie caps with propellers on the top (required dress code for CS 50 teaching fellows, thanks to Geller); on his trunk lies an 8-inch plastic green locust and a roll of electric cable warning tape in Hebrew, English and Arabic. And we haven't even opened his drawers...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, | Title: Magic Tricks | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

...fetish with changing his appearance was born in high school, when he celebrated the holiday of Purim, during which Jews traditionally dress up in costume...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, | Title: Magic Tricks | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

...doesn't always use traditional classroomtechnique. For instance, Geller and his roommate,Adam J. Szubin '95, hold a party each year wherethey dress up as Hasidic Jews, complete withearlocks and black hats, and teach Jews andnon-Jews alike traditional prayers and songs.Later in the evening, they assume a modern Israelilook by. Stripping down to open-collared shirts(with fake chest hair) and shorts. Then they teachZionist songs...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, | Title: Magic Tricks | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

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