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...Firm), who in turn hired Steel Magnolias screenwriter Robert Harling. Admittedly not a woman, Harling says he did bring some personal insight to the first-wife mind-set. "They tell you to write what you know," he says. "I'm a man, and I know what a jerk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD'S BEST REVENGE | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

Well, as a society we do place a high status upon these things, so I feel completely justified in acting like a childish jerk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Who's Number One Now? | 10/1/1996 | See Source »

Spasms can occur at any time. In a restaurant, during a public appearance, his body can suddenly jerk about wildly; since brain messages do not get through to the body, it spasms as if out of boredom, waiting for orders that do not come. He had a major spasm three minutes before he went on live at the televised Academy Awards presentation in March--just as he was being rolled out the door of his dressing room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HOPES, NEW DREAMS | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...however, Reeve needed to be stabilized to prevent any more compression in the spine. He was placed on a bed with a kind of halo attached to his head and a heavy weight that kept him immobile. He was given morphine. Sometimes he would attempt to flail and would jerk his head from side to side, and more sedation would be necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HOPES, NEW DREAMS | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...another press conference last week, after weightlifter Zhan Xugang of China won the 154-lb. gold medal, his coach, Yang Han Xiong, was asked why Zhan added more weight to the bar in the clean and jerk (bringing it up to a world record 430 lbs.) even after he had clinched the gold medal at 424 lbs. "The Olympic spirit is faster, higher, stronger," said Yang. "So we tried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASTER, HIGHER, BRAVER | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

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