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Eddie Murphy is dead. Long live Eddie Murphy. In his latest movie, the erst-while superstar delivers a captivating, many-sided performance that ironically succeeds most when Murphy exaggerates and demonizes the very character that launched him to stardom--the brash, vulgar fast-talker able to one-up anyone. But returning constantly to the lower end of the roller coaster -- bathroom humor and insipid romance -- the movie acquires a wearying, frustrating rhythm of unbearable idiocy alternating with high-quality hilarity...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: Murphy as Jeckyll, Hyde, and Their Randy Grandma | 7/16/1996 | See Source »

...object is to learn to discuss rationally," Fiji delegate and erst-while Milton Academy student Joe F. Toot said yesterday. "Our resolutions should offer real solutions to real conflicts," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Budding Politicos Flock to Model U.N. | 12/8/1984 | See Source »

...ferrrrr-erst Noh-oh-ellllll...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Top of the Charts: Wayne, Alvin and the Beach Boys | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...THAT QUALITY, Mondale was sharply contrasted with his fellow Minnesotan and erst-while mentor, Hubert Humphrey. Mondale entered politics at the grassroots in the sometimes powerful, often self-destructive Democratic Farmer Labor Party (DFL) in Minnesota. It was in the DFL that Mondale first linked up with Humphrey. His awkward, sometimes competitive relationship with the fiery liberal was one of the most complicated aspects of his complicated personality...

Author: By David E. Sanger, | Title: Carter's Better Half | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Robinson beat Morris in what Coach Jack Barnaby called "a sensational match" to drop Harvard's erst-while number two player to the number four position. One spot lower is Al Terrell, who actually beat Vinton (now the number two man, you remember) in a challenge match before losing to Robinson (number three) and Morris (number four...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Rugged Tigers Challenge Squashmen; Crimson Shuffles Lineup Drastically | 2/15/1964 | See Source »

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