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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...became downright dull. And with the first components of the NASA-led International Space Station set to launch within months, things seemed likely to stay that way. For a public that had grown to expect great things from NASA, this was pale stuff indeed. If anything could rekindle the magic of the vigorous NASA that was--instead of the flickering NASA that is--it might be the return of the man who first lit the agency's fires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Glenn: Back To The Future | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...basketball, 44 is a remarkable score for one player. In TV, however, 44 shows isn't so hot. MAGIC JOHNSON, whose famous friends and sweet nature couldn't make up for his dread of the camera, has been axed after nine weeks. He was good about it but still not funny. "You know what they say, it's not over until the fat lady sings," he said on Thursday night's show. "Well, she's gonna have to sing tonight..." With that, a woman began to sing. Never mind, Magic, there's always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 17, 1998 | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...teem over this one. There are mouse ears on the walls, lamps and smokestacks. A life-size Mickey strolls the decks, waving a cheery hi. Minnie is also aboard, flirting shamelessly; if she spoke, she would be saying, "Hello, sailor!" A huge Goofy adorns the stern. And when the Magic leaves port, the ship's horn blasts seven ominous notes: "When...you...wish...up...on...a...star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kingdom on the Sea | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...Magic itself is a surpassing entertainment, a hit show from its first launching. And though it means to recall an elite era, it certainly hasn't intimidated the dress-down Disney audience of the '90s. As the ship sailed from Port Canaveral, a woman plopped her naked infant son onto the pool-deck walkway and blithely changed his diaper. If Eisner had seen this, he surely would have smiled. For here was one generation of Disney customer pampering the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kingdom on the Sea | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...stand-up routine in preparation for a five-night, 10-show Broadway run that will include a performance to be aired live on HBO Sunday, Aug. 9. "Welcome to the Seiny workshop," he cracked to a sold-out house at an old haunt of his, the 250-seat Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, Calif., last week. After several years of the lush life of a sitcom phenomenon, is Seinfeld still funny in front of a microphone? That's the question he wants answered. The fans, however, seem less interested in having a transcendent comedy experience than in simply getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As for the Old Master... | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

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