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...store's merchandise, however, is not limited to condoms. It boasts an array of erotic games--"Pin the Boobs on the Babe," and "Pin the Macho on the Man," for instance--clothing, instruction manuals, vibrators and a large selection of lubricants...

Author: By Thomas D. Horan jr., | Title: New Condom Store Opens | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

...suspense is not as tightly wound as it might be. The mystery is not as deep or, when unraveled, as stunning as it could be. The detective (Aidan Quinn) is a little more crudely macho than he needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grit in the Windy City | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...fooled. Tommy Lee Jones is a no-nonsense, macho actor who takes his work very seriously, refuses to bullshit and is not afraid to speak his mind. Measuring his words and punctuating them with long pauses, Jones speaks like a telegram. His monotoned voice and alarming brevity find a paradoxical balance between supercilious, down home rudeness and overly reverent attentiveness...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: The Year of Tommy Lee Jones | 12/16/1993 | See Source »

...enforcement imperative to show who's boss, who's in charge, who's the `macho one,' took over," he said...

Author: By Stephanie P. Wexler, | Title: Prof. Faults FBI in Waco Raid | 11/30/1993 | See Source »

...guys in this precinct who are very much at home around prostitutes.") Rarely has TV portrayed casual racial stereotyping with as much humor or human understanding. Cop-show stereotypes come in for even more satire. The police in this California backwater are a far cry from the cool, macho professionals who have populated TV dramas from Kojak to NYPD Blue. Mostly they are wimpy, neurotic, overemotional misfits, more obsessed with interpersonal trivia than the demands of police work. Not that the police work is very demanding. The morning roll call in Bakersfield P.D. is like Hill Street Blues on happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hill Street Blues on Happy Juice | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

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