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...party no one can leave. But, not to worry, it ends up as It's a Wonderful Life. And it has Murray, who, ever since his debut on Saturday Night Live in 1976, has been defining the would-be-hip U.S. male -- the frat fellow with wit. The cool jerk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Murray's Deja Voodoo | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

...refuses to partake of the benevolent Christmas spirit. To such words as "goodwill" and "brotherhood," he responds, "Humbug," not because the second one is politically incorrect, but because he's just a greedy, unfeeling jerk...

Author: By Marc D. Zelanko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Wacky, Happy Carol | 12/17/1992 | See Source »

...knee-jerk, New York-edged hostility can be grating. (Superman is dead. "Good. I hate him.") What makes it palatable, however, is Stern's hyperbolic wit and a disarming undercurrent of self-deprecation. Stern, who is married and has two children, with a third on the way, often makes disparaging comments about his own looks and his undersized sexual organ. He may be radio's biggest egomaniac, but the insecure Long Island kid who had trouble getting girls is never far from the surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock Jock | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

...political, knee-jerk response to the radical politics of today and makes very little sense," says Dershowitz, who is currently representing boxer Mike Tyson in his appeal of a rape conviction earlier this year...

Author: By Yin Y. Nawaday, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Whose Responsibility Is It? The Debate Over Definitions | 11/17/1992 | See Source »

...security never lasts. Beneath the surface stability lie fierce passions and unrest that could explode and return the world to the tense place it has been for the last 45 years. Internal changes in Russia or China could jerk the world back into turmoil overnight. Situations in other areas, such as Yugoslavia, could more slowly drag nearby countries into...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: How to Prevent World War III | 11/13/1992 | See Source »

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