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...opens, since they are expecting Pubert -- who is born mustachioed. It would have been salutary if Mrs. Doubtfire had been given the job, for it would have been a true test of her mettle. But the job goes to one Debbie Jellinsky (Joan Cusack), who sets about seducing Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) in what proves to be one of ^ the movie's less profitable conceits. Like the first of the Addams chronicles, this is an essentially lazy movie, too often settling for easy gags and special effects that don't come to any really funny point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Mr. Goodfather | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Packwood cannot and must not sacrifice his diaries. His reflections, whether personal or profound, belong to him and him alone. This debate should not fester in the public arena any longer, for the leaders of this country certainly have better things to do. If Packwood decides to work through the federal court system to challenge the subpoena, lawyers say he could delay action for up to two years. Another two years of "Bob Packwood" headlines will not appeal to Americans searching for good and responsible government...

Author: By Arvind M. Krishnamurthy, | Title: Trying to Write A New Chapter | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

Harvard has stood by and allowed the administrative problems in the Expos programs to fester. Harvard's failure to address the serious problems at Expos reflects a shallow commitment to its undergraduates, and to undergraduate education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Change, Write Now | 10/20/1993 | See Source »

...strategy involves implanting into the gums antibiotics or other germ killers so that they can attack bacteria in the pockets where they fester. Standard antibiotic pills, which some specialists have relied on, needlessly expose the entire body to a powerful drug and have not always proved effective. Gum disease "behaves like a chronic type of inflammatory disease," explains Kenneth Kornman, a professor of periodontics at the University of Texas in San Antonio. "We have a hard time eliminating those bacteria." For that reason, dental researchers decided to concentrate the antibiotics' killing power by applying medication directly into infected areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Way to Escape The Dentist's Knife? | 8/9/1993 | See Source »

FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR A WOUND TO FESter. The small, proud community of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, has been in pain ever since four young football players from the local high school were accused in 1989 of luring a 17-year- old retarded girl into a basement and penetrating her with a broomstick handle and a baseball bat, while a group of friends watched. Last week three of those charged, Christopher Archer, now 20, and 21-year-old twins Kevin and Kyle Scherzer, were found guilty of sexual assault. All four, including Bryant Grober, 21, were convicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irresponsible Acts | 3/29/1993 | See Source »

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