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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That's it--we've seen everything except the shrine: the basketball hoop in Bradley's backyard, where young Bill worked on his shots until all hours. At the beginning of the tour, he mentioned it and said, "I'm sure you don't need to see that." He wouldn't want to be accused of exploiting his myth. Besides, in the morning he'll be holding a press conference underneath the basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Bradley's Twilight Cruise | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

Well, maybe--except the coming broadband Web seems expressly designed to hasten the demise of Viacom's broadcast-media landscape. "I don't understand how the [TV] networks get bigger," says Joe Krause, senior vice president of content at Excite@Home, one of the broadcast world's likelier rivals. "I only know how they get smaller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CBS-Viacom Merger: Silicon Valley Is Not Impressed | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...more than notice, members of the opposite sex, and the action starts in Book Four where they all fall in love with the wrong people. A foolishly smitten or moony Harry may challenge the devotion of the readers who admire his innocent, boyish virtues and unflappable dignity, except, perhaps, those readers who have grown into adolescents themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild About Harry Potter | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...truly awful 12-33 performance, our Pigskin Pair Plus One is reminded of the fundamental rule of old-school football: When you receive an ass-whuppin', there's nothing to do but get up and ask for some more. The less said about last week the better, except "Who knew?" and "We're sure going to learn from our mistakes this time, coach." This week, we draw our strength from the San Diego Chargers, winless but tops in the wild and wacky AFC West because, well, they haven't lost any games yet either. Which just goes to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...fellow employee at the restaurant. He brought her over. Like a gunslinger, she whipped her index finger at me and said, "You are so talented." It was obvious she had no idea who I was. This is now what I'll say to everyone I ever meet, except for Val Kilmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This How Fellini Got Started? | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

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