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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hour or so remaining after this intermission includes several of the weakest moments of the film, particularly in the final scene. When Hamlet finally kills Claudius, after prancing about with Laertes in their respective chest wigs, he does it as if cut from the same cloth as "Flash Gordon." Throwing his rapier from the balcony like a javelin, Hamlet pins Claudius to his throne (note: poetic justice) and swings down on the chandelier in order to splash drops of poison into his mouth, all the while bellowing about his impending death, the stellar revenge he has enacted, and his chest...

Author: By Whitney K. Bryant, | Title: Branagh AND THE BEAST | 1/30/1997 | See Source »

...band in 1991, Roberts has established himself as the most cerebral of jazz soloists, with a taste for sensuous, rich chords and intricately patterned melodies that resound with jazz's history yet push toward higher ground. Roberts polishes his work to a high gloss but never indulges in needless flash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: THE BEST MUSIC OF 1996 | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...Canon ELPH 490Z Yes, yes, this tiny aluminum point-and-shoot boasts a foolproof loading mechanism and powerful zoom lens, but what makes it truly revolutionary? Efficient design that features a swing-open lens cover, which turns the camera on and reveals a multifunction flash unit and a red-eye-reduction lamp. This canny placement of the flash inside the cover increases the effectiveness of the lamp feature by positioning the flash up and away from the lens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST DESIGN OF 1996 | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...they looked for was water. Though moisture elsewhere on the moon would sizzle away under the unfiltered sun, the poles are different. Since the inclination of the moon is nearly upright, sunlight strikes it obliquely, plunging polar craters into darkness. Any water at the bottom of such depressions would flash-freeze at temperatures reaching -387[degrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ON THE ROCKS | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...suppose the group of students sportily clad in crimson blazers and carrying trombones, tubas, clarinets and coronets were members of the Harvard band. After all, they drank a lot of champagne and signaled each other with flash cards...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED | 11/27/1996 | See Source »

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