Word: minis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...controlling of her husband's image that she once removed from the wall a picture she believed gave him a paunch, scribbled over it and then kicked it out of its frame; a strategist who helped plot not only her husband's early political career but also his mini-campaign for the vice-presidential spot on the G.O.P. ticket; a political partner who has installed herself in a large office across from the Vice President's and receives a nightly packet with his schedule and the big decisions he is considering; a wife who intimidates -- and has even fired -- members...
...more endearing things about Fresno is its combination of optimism and self-deprecation: when it turned up at the bottom of a list of cities ranked according to "livability" during the 1980s, it went along with CBS's spoof of Dallas, the mini-series Fresno, starring Carol Burnett. Citizens, including the former mayor, took parts...
...watches shaped like cucumbers or bacon and eggs. On Hollywood Boulevard I saw a HISTORIC LANDMARK sign outside the site of "The First Custom T-Shirt Shop in California," flyers on the wall promoting a group called Venal Opulence and, in a store across the street, "Confucius X-Rated Mini-Condom Fortune Cookies." No wonder, I thought, that when I tell people I live in California -- worse, that I choose to live in California -- they look at me as if I had decided not to get serious or grow up; as if I had seceded from reality...
...wear. We are Gapified. But Gapifation has extended to food--we are what we eat. The last decade has witnessed an explosion of restaurants filled with brass and glass, Murphy's Oil Soaped wood, Tiffany lamps and ferns, lots of ferns. Part bar, part restaurant, part amusement park, these mini-herbaria all bring us the same mediocre food at the same modest prices, the same all over the country...
...time fare. According to Nielsen figures, the adult audience on a typical fall evening is more than 58% female. For drama shows, the figure rises to 61%. Result: with a few hairy-chested exceptions (NBC's upcoming The Return of Eliot Ness), the vast majority of network movies and mini-series -- particularly during November's important ratings "sweeps" -- are aimed squarely at female viewers...