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Every struggling "serious" novelist fills with indignation (and more than little jealously) when he sees Jimmy Stewart's poetry and Shirley MacLaine's philosophy of life outselling his own profound book. Well, if you can't beat em, join 'em: become a celebrity yourself...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Believe The Big Hype: A Light and Funny Novel | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

...more determined than ever to stand up and to tell'em like it is," the vice president said to loud cheers...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Energetic Bush Speaks at Houston Rally | 8/18/1992 | See Source »

Chemicals also took a toll on mosquito research. "The age of DDT was also the dark age of entomology," says Dan Kline, another of the Mosquito Unit's scientists. "There was no money for basic research. Mosquitoes a problem? Just take some DDT and nuke 'em. Why bother with research when you can do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer's Bloodsuckers | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

...soliloquy in a gravelly, hangover-from-hell drone to a bluesy piano and guitar accompaniment. "Besides listening to my belly gurgle/ Ain't much else to do," he groans, then concludes by mumbling, "I think it's time I had a talk with my kids/ I'll just tell 'em what my daddy told me/ You ain't ever gonna amount to nothin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blazing Their Own Road | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...have a political "message" that must be "heeded." If Cop Killer has a message, it is that the murder of policemen is a justified response to police brutality. And not in self-defense, but in premeditated acts of revenge against random cops. ("I know your family's grievin' -- f--- 'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ice T: Is the Issue Social Responsibility . . . | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

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