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Popcorn. Slurp puddle. The flood of junk-culture references makes Spielberg sound like the world's smartest kid. Which he probably is and, once upon a shooting star, surely was. To see the man, look at the child--with Spielberg more than most, this is true. "What binds my films together," he says, "is the concept of loneliness and isolation and being pursued by all the forces of character and nature. That comes from who I was and how I was raised." The big mystery the mature Steven had to unravel and come to terms with is this: Whose child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: PETER PAN GROWS UP BUT CAN HE STILL FLY? | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

...tired of all the useless junk on the Web, what you need is a search engine...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: techTALK | 4/29/1997 | See Source »

Search engines, as their name implies, allow you to search for information on the Web. They help you wade through the vast expanse of Web junk that, after the first few months of fascination, now have you cursing the Internet itself...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: techTALK | 4/29/1997 | See Source »

...lower-risk alternative is investing in real estate through publicly traded companies known as Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs. These stocks earned a nasty reputation in the '70s and '80s, when REITs loaded up with debt and used the proceeds to invest largely in the higher-yielding debt--junk--of developers. REITs collapsed when the developers went bust after building too many skyscrapers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO BUY A SKYSCRAPER | 4/21/1997 | See Source »

...every year--sit down in front of a TV and watch the first round. All seven hours. Not only do you have to flatten your derriere (I recommend "Buns of Steel") so you can sit for extended periods of time, you'll also be eating seven hours worth of junk food...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Picking Up the Pace: The 1997 NFL Draft | 4/19/1997 | See Source »

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