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...people at RCA, along with the Presley estate, have long proved themselves experts in recycling Presley material: every scrap, jot and studio aside seems already to have been preserved and released in one form or another. It's a surprise then to discover that so much of the scarce material organized here under the title "Rare and Rockin' " is fresh. Even excerpts from a press conference in which Elvis explains his Army ribbons are beguiling. The sound quality has been spruced up to a nice funky shine, and the cuts are ordered chronologically, so there is a clear sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The King's Ransom | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...began to jot the information down...

Author: By Justin R.P. Ingersoll, | Title: Figuring It All Out | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

...nation. Rather, we like to think of him as a sharp, spry middle-aged man in a brown suit sitting pleasantly in his seat reading something by Waugh. Occasionally, he'll look up at the action going on in front of him, pull out his little notebook, jot something down, and resume his reading...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SCRIBE OF THE OLYMPICS: FOLLOWING THE NEW YORKER'S E. J. KAHN, JR. | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

...calm and professional. There was no shouting, no pounding on the table. Aziz politely asked if he could light a cigar, and Baker, a former smoker, just as politely said he would relish the aroma. But neither side had anything new to say. Neither of the men budged a jot from their mutually exclusive positions. Baker said Iraq must quit Kuwait without conditions or face war. Aziz insisted the gulf conflict must be solved in conjunction with all Middle East problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Gasps on the Negotiation Trail | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...outline, ABC's heralded new series Twin Peaks sounds like an amalgam of familiar TV genres. A touch of true-crime docudrama, a dash of Columbo, a jot of Knots Landing. But in the darkly idiosyncratic world of director David Lynch, terms like murder mystery and soap opera don't begin to tell the tale. Twin Peaks, which debuts Sunday as a two-hour movie, is like nothing you've seen in prime time -- or on God's earth. It may be the most hauntingly original work ever done for American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Like Nothing On Earth | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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