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Word: mtv (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush's TV ads, which have begun airing in New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, showcase McKinnon's fondness for retro black-and-white footage and jittery, MTV-style editing. McKinnon took an unconventional path to his current job: as a teenager, he ran away to Nashville, Tenn., with dreams of becoming a country-music star; he wrote songs under Kris Kristofferson's tutelage and almost had one of his numbers recorded by Elvis Presley. "But Elvis passed away," says McKinnon ruefully. On making the switch from music to politics, he observes, "I turned to show business for ugly people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark McKinnon | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...know, because four years ago I got one of the highest scores in the country on a phone test for an MTV game show called Idiot Savants. A few weeks later, I found myself quarantined in a studio with three other contestants. Someone at MTV had seen Quiz Show and taken it far too seriously, because we were not allowed to go to the bathroom alone, make any phone calls or say hello to friends in the audience. It is even worse at Millionaire. I don't know when, as a society, we decided that game shows were our most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Do Not Want to Be a Millionaire | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...much fun as MTV and twice as unpredictable: the Black Students Association's version of "Singled...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Black Students Association: Johnson Cultivates Social Side of BSA | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...petition from Alana's paternal grandmother arguing that the threesome's relationship revealed such "depravity" that it could "endanger the morals or health" of the little girl, a sunshiney four-year-old who prizes her Barbies. The grandmother took action after seeing the three discuss their lifestyle on an MTV program, Sex in the '90s: It's a Group Thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Henry & Mary & Janet &... | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...FORT BOYARD, FRANCE. Groups are shipped off to a fort in the Atlantic where they have to overcome several challenges while being harassed by semi-supernatural figures in latex costumes. (MTV...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hour in Bangkok... | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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