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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...religious overtones. To some, Cole's romance with Magdalena, an epileptic Mexican prostitute, will suggest the New Testament and a disorder once thought to be a gift from God. To others, the relationship of a young cowboy and a convulsive whore will sound like the subject of a bunkhouse joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Thar She Moos | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...public high school I attend, the WWJD wristbands have become a joke. Instead of "What Would Jesus Do?" some students say the letters stand for "We Want James Dean" or even "What Would Jane Do?" On the issue of allowing religion in schools, I would like to remind the government that 15 minutes spent in daily prayer would add up to 45 hours each school year that could otherwise be spent on better education. I have nothing against the practice of religion; I just don't want it in school. L.M. MYERCHIN, age 14 San Bernardino, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 18, 1998 | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...Ellen was a very fun-loving, vivacious, delightful personality. Bipin adored her, and she adored him. They would joke together, laugh, tease. It was a very nice relationship," says Lynne Dillett, who went on occasional weekend getaways with the Shahs and her husband Greg, a banking colleague of Bipin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hide And Seek | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...group is clearly treading a fineline. Insurance limits who is able to drive the group, yet the guidelines remain fuzzy. But there have been no safety problems in the past, and the admittedly laid-back club members frequently joke about their insurance-induced status as a covert outing club...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: CAMPUS IN THE ROUGH | 5/1/1998 | See Source »

...billboard sign/Saying drink this beer and you'll be mine," "When an actress on a movie screen/Plays Lolita in some old man's dreams/It doesn't matter who she is/I think about you. Every time I hear people say it's never gonna change/like it's some kind of joke, some kind of game/I think about...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: A Cowboy's Kind of Girl | 4/28/1998 | See Source »

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