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We did leave with a sweet taste in our mouths, because the check thankfully came with some cheap hard candy. But if we had wanted butter-scotch, it would have been easier just to get a bag across the street at CVS.

Author: By Adam Sonfield, | Title: Drowning in Blood | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

David Mamet's plays celebrate the wide-open spaces in the American brain. True to form, Speed the Plow wallows in motor-mouths eager to demonstrate their witlessness. If you mosey on up to the Loeb Ex this weekend to see the play, you're bound to get your fill...

Author: By Edward P. Mcbride, | Title: Ex Offers Slow Speed the Plow | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

Furthermore, the over-ambitious dialogue places undigestible speeches in the mouths of our tiny tot protagonists. I'll buy a stunning transition from cute kid to devilspawn, but Macaulay Culkin saying "Don't fuck with me" is just a bit too much to swallow.

Author: By Edward P. Mcbride, | Title: Killer Culkin | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

As O'Brien settled into the job, however, his neophyte weaknesses began to show. He leans into his guests (Tony Randall, Mary Matalin and Ed McMahon among others last week) like a high school kid on a job interview. His sidekick, Andy Richter, is a superfluous appendage. The prepared comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. O'Brien's Neighborhood | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

Carjackings are not the only car crimes that have exploded over the past few years. What police call smash-and-grabs are also considered easy, risk-free crimes. A swing of a baseball bat probably won't shatter a car window, but the impact of a porcelain spark plug will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hell on Wheels | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

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