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When it comes to trademarks, a Hollywood studio is fending off lawyers with one hand and dialing them with the other. It seems the forthcoming MGM-Pathe buddy flick, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, starring Don Johnson and Mickey Rourke, has the folks at Harley-Davidson and Philip Morris USA fretting about a dubious portrayal of two famous brand names. MGM-Pathe demurs, citing such precedents as Cadillac Man and The Coca-Cola Kid. But in New York City the studio is taking what appears to be the opposite side of the issue. MGM- Pathe is suing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Says We Have To Be Consistent? | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...rise in temperatures or take the chance that steel canisters filled with high-level radioactive waste might someday leak? Or would they prefer to minimize both risks in favor of heavy reliance on efficiency and alternative energy -- and then not be sure the lights will come on when they flick a switch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Power: Time to Choose | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

...looks like a 9-in. cloth-covered ruler, but a quick downward flick will send it curling around your wrist. And before you can say Slap Wrap, you are wearing the newest preteen craze. The bracelet's manufacturer, Connecticut- based Main Street Toy, sells nearly 500,000 a week (retail price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYS: A Slap On the Wrist | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

...glimpse of history in which the women's movement took hold. Studies of women's changing expectations have found that during those years the proportion of young women who planned to be housewives plunged from two-thirds to less than a quarter -- an astounding shift in attitude in the flick of an apron. Child rearing became less a preoccupation than an improvisation, housework less an obsession than a chore. Young daughters watched as their mothers learned new roles, while their fathers all too often clung to old ones. They were the first generation to see almost half of all marriages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road To Equality: The Dreams of Youth | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...goal was more of a response goal," Head said. "John got the flick off the crossbar, and I knocked it home...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Head's Header Squeezes Big Green Booters Ahead | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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