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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the early troubles, however, Harvard does have the bulk of its Ivy schedule ahead of it, and although a second consecutive title seems unlikely now, it remains possible. But if the Crimson is to entertain any thoughts of a repeat it has much work to do, and it must start with offensive and defensive lines...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, | Title: In the Line of Fire | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...Playboy interview, to "lust in my heart"--not a confession at all, really, but coy, juvenile exhibitionism. Playboy would not be a good forum for Clinton. Jimmy Swaggart wept and chewed the furniture on the soundstage of his TV ministry. Without the gnashing of teeth, Clinton might at least entertain the idea of a group format. He is good at the Oprah-type give-and-take. If confession becomes inevitable, best to take control of the drama and stage-manage it to your advantage. Errancy and repentance and redemption have become one of our most exciting forms of public theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Confession Game: Assuming It's The Truth, | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

Even before the release of BASEketball, I did not entertain hopes of winning my wife over to the view that frizzball was a serious competitive sport. In the more than 30 years since its invention--at a summer house, on a day when it was too cloudy to go to the beach--her kindest description of frizzball has been, "It was the dumbest thing I've ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Game of Frizzball | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...penis jokes, recent college grad Beckwith's material is a tough sell. In a seven-minute set, she'll maybe get through three long jokes, but the traveling is interesting. In one bit, she dismisses big-screen TVs, arguing that the joy of television is having tiny people entertain you. "I think there should be openings for food and water so that it's as if you could actually feed the tiny people. 'Hello, tiny people! It is time for supper! Feast! Feast!'" But while she wanders to that punch line, she takes some rest stops to chat with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Funny: The Next Generation | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

Mindless, sadistic violence juxtaposed with rote sentimentality: this is how Hollywood has finally solved the family-values conundrum, the question of how to entertain the blood- and sex-starved masses and be morally proactive at the same time. Well, dig this: Explosions are cool, and so are intact families! That's the message promulgated by Lethal Weapon 4, in which the above-mentioned scene takes place. As Mel Gibson's character comes to terms with impending fatherhood and Danny Glover's with impending grandfatherhood, the film wends its curious way, alternating crashes and neck breakings with scenes of limp domestic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blam! Kapow! Eat Your Peas! | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

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