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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...battered Russian space station is drying up. No more than two-months' worth is left; perhaps as little as six weeks remains. But NASA is riding to the rescue: the Shuttle will ride up there in September, filled to the brim with aquatic sustenance. It may not be Evian, but the Russians should be grateful. Who knows, by then they might be reduced to drinking their vodka neat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dry Dock | 8/13/1997 | See Source »

Your basic movie-mogul breakfast menu would include strawberries, decaf, a splash of Evian, maybe a Diet Coke. But Harvey Weinstein has never got with fit-for-life cuisine. One morning at the recent Sundance Film Festival, the co-chairman of Miramax Films eagerly devoured a greasy omelette (the secret ingredient: cholesterol) while schmoozing with a reporter about art, movies and life in general. It's been said that a family of four could subsist for a month on the crumbs that stick to Weinstein's shirt. That family may soon need to find other means of dietary support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: INDEPENDENTS' DAY | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

Attendance was so high that Chandler ran out of handouts, and for his presentation he decided against dogmatism. These are my suggestions, he told the crowd in Sever Hall 102 between sips of Evian water, and you can "take 'em or leave...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Teaching The TFs To Teach | 9/14/1994 | See Source »

...wise-guy anchor of Weekend Update for six years on Saturday Night Live, Dennis Miller came across as a smug, overage frat boy. Now, sporting a full beard and a fresh dose of righteous zeal, he's the angry prophet of the airwaves -- Howard Beale with a bottle of Evian. On his new late-night HBO show, Miller delivers well-tuned rants on topics like the cult of celebrity. "Michael Jackson," he fumes, "one of the five weirdest people on the planet earth -- and the other four are his brothers. And while we're on the subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Comedically Incorrect | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

Thirtysomethings all over America have traded in their Camels for Power Bars and Evian bottles and, when Congress held hearings on the Smoke-Free Environment Act last week, the parking spots of our nation's capital were no doubt filled with Volvos and Saabs...

Author: By Manuel F. Cachan, | Title: Butt Out of Smokers' Lives | 4/6/1994 | See Source »

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