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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...JACKIE MASON: BRAND NEW. Well, not really. The Brillo-haired rabbi turned comic has been doing the same basic Borscht Belt act for decades, but he seems to have a tireless capacity for self-resuscitation. A year after a sitcom flop on ABC, a much publicized racial slight of New York City Mayor David Dinkins, and an embarrassing paternity suit, Mason is on the comeback trail, ! windmilling in three directions. His latest book, How to Talk Jewish, is to be published in January. His weekly talk show debuts on cable in December with a novel solution to the perennial problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 15, 1990 | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

Although he has been outspoken against U.S. cigarette companies about such practices as targeting minorities in advertising, Dr. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of HHS, has been noticeably silent on the issue of cigarette exports. The Assistant Secretary of HHS, Dr. James O. Mason, was prevented from testifying at a May, 1990, Congressional hearing on the health effects of American tobacco exports. And when asked to comment on the issue in a news conference last week, Surgeon General Antonia Novello said, "For me to talk about it would be almost disrespectful of my party...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Killing Innocents Abroad | 10/11/1990 | See Source »

News Editor for this Issue: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Night Editors: Jonathan M. Berlin '92 Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Liam T.A. Ford '91-92 Joshua A. Gerstein '91-92 Stephen J. Newman '92 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Joshua W. Shenk '93 Arts Editors: Kelly A.E. Mason '92 Suzanne Petren-Moritz '91 Feature Editor: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Sports Editor: Michael D. Stankiewicz '90-'91 Photo Editor: Liane M. Clamen '91 Business Editor: Raymond Nomizu '91 Copy Editor: Michele F. Forman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor for this Issue: | 10/5/1990 | See Source »

...Dukes of Hazzard," "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Hee Haw." Even "Matlock" and "Designing Women," which at least depict intelligent characters, depend on quaint Southern accents, romanticized Southern situations and hackneyed Southern expressions for their appeal. Face it--no one expects the sophistication of "L.A. Law" south of the Mason-Dixon Line...

Author: By Eryn R. Brown, | Title: Athens, Rome, Berlin, Atlanta? | 9/25/1990 | See Source »

News Editor for this Issue: Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Night Editors: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Gregory B. Kasowski '93 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Joshua M. Sharfstein '91 Joshua W. Shenk '92 Eric S. Solowey '91 Arts Editor: Kelly A.E. Mason '92 David A. Plotz '92 Feature Editor: Melissa R. Hart '91 Sports Editor: Gary R. Shenk '92 Photo Editor: William H. Bachman '92 Business Editor: Timothy B. Paydos...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor for this Issue: | 9/21/1990 | See Source »

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