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...wants a superhero who grunts, sweats and goes to the bathroom. He used to be a superman; now he's a superman." Byrne's Clark Kent brushes his hair straight back and wears round glasses. He and Superman are also drawn quite differently, more cinematically and in more garish colors. Superman's superpowers have been modified, and to keep in shape he works out with weights. He reflects the contemporary vogue of male "sensitivity"; DC officials hint he may become involved with AIDS victims and the homeless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Up, Up and Awaaay!!! | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...World Champions Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin claiming the gold. "B and B," as they are known, earned three perfect 6.0s for artistic merit from the panel of nine judges, delivering a theatrical long program that depicted the taming of a wild shrew. Heavily rouged and clad in garish black-and-gold costumes, the pair executed moves that were unarguably polished but at times bordered on the vulgar, particularly when Bestemianova repeatedly spread her legs and squatted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Katarina Witt took her golden place | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Houch sets in motion the cocktail hour gossip that keeps the plot buzzing along. Julie Shuttlewaithe (Ann Schellenberg) noses her way into Edward's apartment to keep up on the latest gossip. She's also a guardian angel, albeit a garish one (that someone actually would wear such hideous clothes as hers staggers the imagination...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: High Spirits | 2/12/1988 | See Source »

Still, members have been arrested for distinctly unsymbolic criminal vandalism and assault in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Michigan, Florida and Massachusetts. Their makeshift uniform makes them recognizable everywhere: shaved heads and garish tattoos, flight jackets, black English work boots -- and a California touch, Fred Perry tennis shirts. Skinhead culture seems to spread through racist rock music. Tapes and records by white- power rock groups feature songs such as Nigger, Nigger and Prisoner of Peace, the musical saga of Rudolf Hess. One group is called the Final Solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Chilling Wave of Racism | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...read with a touch of amusement "Plastic Armor of God" (November 2), Laurie M. Grossman's account of her visit to Heritage U.S.A. I've often wondered exactly how garish a "Christian" theme park could be. Now I know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heritage | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

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