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...bastard-bitch of all the great Hollywood hags--the Wicked Witch of the West, Snow White's nemesis, the Big Mama Jamma of Aliens, Linda Blair--or like a Heavy Metal album cover, or maybe Charlotte of Charlotte's web keye-up on Benzedrine, she hovers suspended in a junkyard web, hissing threats to Michael Jackson, clicking her Ultra-Nails at the camera. The best 3-D moment in Captain EO comes when the Queen unravels her armor-plated crab claws and practically, you know, picks yer nose. It's great. It's, uhh, disgusting...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: KID IN A CANDYSHOP: | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

...industry standards for ease of use and visual display. It did, but even marvels must survive in the marketplace. Last week the slow-selling Lisa, which the company renamed Macintosh XL in January, joined the IBM PCjr. and Apple's own model III in the great, and growing, computer junkyard. Apple will discontinue production of the machine this summer. Said Company Spokeswoman Jane Anderson: "It just wasn't an economically viable product...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Clunk, an Apple Falls | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

...neighborhood support and because he used a variety of methods to make each oasis grow. He started a tutoring program, for example, that now teaches 150 youngsters reading and arithmetic, plus a variety of "coping skills." He started a plant nursery in what was once a junkyard, where tenants can pick out trees for their yards. With the help of Ronald Range, a black detective from Boston, he organized "X-ray units," small tactical police squads that worked closely with community leaders to protect each oasis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man of the Year | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

...these blitzing, hard-hitting junkyard dogs...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Notes From Mr. Rhythm's Sports Drum | 1/4/1985 | See Source »

...like the big, bad streetfighter, the Crimson--under fire from various sources--was forced to back up its reputation against 11 junkyard Bulldogs from Connecticut...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Booters Roll On, Blank Elis, Prepare for Battle With UConn | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

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