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...Hitchcock films.) You want it to have plenty of cartoon mayhem for the ^ blood brigade. (TR meets its kill quota in the mid-hundreds.) Oh, and if it's not too much trouble, you'd like the movie to be fast, witty, glamorous, with thrill piling on giggle atop gasp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mind Bending on Mars | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

Dack is short for Dacron. His brothers are Rayon and Orlon. They are among the neighbors Clea finds when she moves to a Vermont village and discovers that this seemingly idyllic countryside is filled with -- gasp! -- polyester. Down at Casa Loretta, they feature Spam burritos and Hawaiian pizza. The local postmistress steams open love letters, the Avon lady writes bad romance novels, and the sheriff makes pronouncements like "If you're not normal in this country, you get put in jail." Such rural New England cliches make Newhart seem like subtle satire, but Alther recycles them with such a tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: One To Miss | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...GASP officials say that the Next Century Schools Fund, while seemingly philanthropic in nature, is actually a marketing scheme intended to lure children into habitual smoking...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Dean Draws Criticism For RJR Involvement | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

...totally inappropriate for an educational institution like Harvard to support the tobacco industry," said Brad S. Krevor, executive director of GASP...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Dean Draws Criticism For RJR Involvement | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

Graham, who denied having any conflict of interest, said, "They [GASP] have a right to make that accusation. And I have a right to make my decision." Graham said she intends to remain on the foundation's advisory board which includes Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and Keith B. Geiger, president of the National Education Association...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Dean Draws Criticism For RJR Involvement | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

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