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...remain on the sidelines of sexual play. It details how, in their conquest of a hookup, some encounters go right, and how some result in terrible tragedy--the most noticeable being the date rape of Sara (Tara Reid)--but from there simply degenerates into melodrama. Body Shots attempts to impress upon the audience their social commentary of sex in the '90s, and by the end it is a tiring cacophony of discordant themes...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking Shots with American History Sex | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...wouldn't have thought it, but in his 1998 documentary Cold War, Sir Jeremy Isaacs had it easy. In that show, he could impress the viewer with bombshells (real ones); in Millennium (CNN, Sundays through Dec. 12, 10 p.m. E.T.), he has to astonish us with what we already know. This 10-hour, chronological series doesn't always succeed, but at its best, its hyper welter of history renders the familiar surprising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Quick 1,000 | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...withdrawn funding from the Brooklyn Museum of Art exhibit "Sensation" because he's offended by a portrait of the Virgin Mary stained with elephant dung and surrounded by a collage of fragments from porn magazines. The First Amendment isn't as important as the Mayor's attempts to impress Catholic voters and dictate what art ought to look like...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: Wasting Time at the Kiosk | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

...stars led the way. Sophomore Dora Gyorffy continued to impress on the national stage in the high jump. She finished second at prestigious Penn Relays and second at the indoor national championships as well. She has a chance to add to that record at the outdoor NCAA championships...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Track Enjoys Rebound Year | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

...example, in our fast-frame media presentation of information, we are already selecting individuals who are better at clicking mouses. In a brave new world, only geeks with fast fingers will get to work at Microsoft and make mucho bucks and be millionaires, so they can impress Puget Sound bambinas, mate and have geeky bambinos with faster and longer fingers. Where have all the strong men gone? Long time passing... GEORGE CONESA Bellingham, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 4, 1999 | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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