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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flourishing after 17 years on the air, while In Living Color is a highly rated fixture on Fox's Sunday-night schedule. Two more sketch-comedy shows have, with little fanfare, sneaked onto the Fox schedule this fall. One, The Edge, is a fitfully amusing but rather juvenile SNL knock-off that needs more seasoning to be ready for the big leagues. The other, The Ben Stiller Show, is already the front runner for rookie of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twisting The Satiric Knife | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...first issue, but international economics is very important. International economics will play a great role in creating new jobs and opportunities. This President knows every leader -- almost every leader in the world on a first-name basis. He's the one that can sit down, negotiate free-trade agreements, knock down tariffs, knock down barriers, create a world environment of free, fair trade rather than protectionism, and if you travel the road that Bill Clinton wants to travel, it will be much more of a protectionist road that will cost us jobs; small businesses will be denied export opportunities, jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People Vote for Presidents, Not Vice Presidents | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

...Knock Me Down" and "Taste the Pain," two more songs from Mother's Milk, and the best two songs of Hits, really show the incredible talent of this L.A.-based band. "Pain" highlights band member Flea--one of modern rock's greatest bassists and one of the few who can play the bass as a lead instrument. The tenth and eleventh songs are "Under the Bridge" and "Show Me Your Soul," a cut from the "Pretty Woman" soundtrack, which in addition to funky guitar and an incredible bass line has some of the Chili's wittiest lyrics: "I want...

Author: By John Goldman, | Title: RED HOT: What Hits!? Presents Some of the Chili Pepper's Best | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

After arguing loudly with the victim and hiscompanion, Donovan allegedly punched Raustein inthe face with enough force to knock him to theground. The teenagers then stole $30 from Rausteinand $3 from Fredheim...

Author: By Melissa Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Knockout Theory Disputed | 9/30/1992 | See Source »

...smart, moneyed, decent. And they made quite a daughter, one at ease with her favors, slow to complain about being too lovely or too little loved. If aloof Edgar at times seemed closer to Charlie than to Candy, that constituted benign neglect, not child abuse. Candice's lucid autobiography, Knock Wood (1984), was no Daddy Dearest. It was a sharing of Kismet's gifts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Having It All | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

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