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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Finish like THE REV. WILLIAM SHEALS. Hop right, push left elbow away from body. Flap arms and keep hopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 1, 1999 | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...eight people is huddled around one another, slowly waving their arms in the air to create an undulating wave of flesh as they push against one another and move within the knot of people. A woman and a man step forward and backward as if they were waltzing, but flap their arms and bend at the waist almost like chickens pecking at seeds...

Author: By Neeraj K. Gupta, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dance Freedom (For Only Six Bucks) | 11/25/1998 | See Source »

Edith Stein was born a Jew, became a Catholic and a Carmelite nun and died in Auschwitz [RELIGION, Oct. 19]. You noted that Stein's canonization by Pope John Paul II "strikes some as the hijacking of a martyr, the usurping of Jewish tragedy for Catholic purposes." But the flap over "who gets the martyr" is demeaning and embarrassing to the participants, and probably would appall Stein herself. There is no reason that Jews and Catholics alike cannot honor her life and achievements. In fact, it would be a golden opportunity to celebrate the new understanding between the two groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 9, 1998 | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...Malsberger '00 has made six hats since she started knitting a month ago. "My next project, once I've done enough hats to keep my friends' heads warm, is to make a uni-suit for Dac Nyugen '00. But he only wants one if I can make a butt flap...

Author: By Nia C. Stephens, | Title: Everything Old is New Again: | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...city that has a host of social problems, including crime and poverty, potholes and a broken-down transit system, one would think the vast power of the city council could be put to better use than analyzing UPN's Monday-night schedule." Still, in an attempt to defuse the flap, the network yanked the pilot and substituted an episode titled "Abe Online," which depicts the Great Emancipator (played by Dann Florek) carrying on an illicit romance via the telegraph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumb and Dumber | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

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