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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Together, the Brady family creates moments of incredible comedy. Mr. Brady delivers stupid speeches and Alice (Henriette Mantel) worries over her relationship with Sam the Butcher (David Graf). The drunken, horny Mrs. Ditmeyer (Jean Smart), always trying to get the Brady men to "mow" her "lawn," is the only non-Brady character who deserves equal accolades...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: Brady Bunch Redux | 2/23/1995 | See Source »

...calories -- roughly a third of an adult's recommended daily allowance.Manager Michael Moore notes that the Factory's reduced-calorie cheesecakes languished on the shelves when they were introduced last year. "If people want cheesecake, they don't want 'lite,"' he says. "They come to our restaurant to mow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat Times What health craze? | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...their second child, and the divorce papers were filed in September, though everyone said the split was amicable. Out of his $21,700 or so annual salary at the supermarket, David pledged $115 a week in child support. For awhile after they separated, he even came over to mow the lawn and play with the kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death and Deceit | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

John Woo's last Hong Kong movie, the action-traction Hard Boiled, was basically Die Hard in a hospital. A zillion bad guys are terrorizing the place, and our indestructible cop hero must mow them down, holding a bazooka- size pistol in one hand -- and a newborn child in the other. No problem. Blam! and a villain's blood splatters a maternity-ward window. Boom! and a few more miscreants eat carpet. Surveying the scene, the cop shields the baby's | eyes and says jauntily, "Hey, X-rated action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Woo: The Last Action Hero | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...that day revived his campaign promise of a middle-class tax cut. With great ceremony, he was presented with a bowling ball and a shirt embroidered with his name. At a photo-op back in Washington, he demonstrated the power of volunteerism (read: no government spending) by helping to mow and clean up a park in a rundown neighborhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Is 'My Center'? | 6/14/1993 | See Source »

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