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...Jane Austen's estate, even at this minute [laughter]. There really is no strict definition of what is going too far with parody. Parody is generally okay, but characters are trade marked, they're not copyrighted. And we actually had Bambi with bullets around her neck and we took the skunk and made it into a cigar-chomping sergeant, and that's stuff we probably couldn't have done. It would have been interesting to test the case, but not with our own money...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Talk About Sequels | 2/8/1991 | See Source »

...alleged boss of the nation's largest and most vicious Mafia family quickly regained his composure. After he was pushed into a car in handcuffs, impeccably dressed as always (for this occasion, in a double-breasted pinstripe suit with a bright yellow scarf dangling rakishly from around his neck), the "Dapper Don" of tabloid fame grinned at reporters and dismissed his latest arrest with an airy "No problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still The Teflon Don? | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

Nearby, in the dart pit, two guys are scuffling. One man has his arm wrapped around the neck of another. A student, a woman wearing a black sweater, takes a puff out of a cigarette and dully looks...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: From Bikers To Preppies, Bud Hats To Chinos | 12/14/1990 | See Source »

...Lafontaine underestimated was the depth of feeling on both sides of the old Iron Curtain in favor of merging the two Germanys -- and with that his strategy backfired. His effectiveness as a campaigner was also undermined by near tragedy: in April a deranged woman plunged a knife into his neck, just missing the carotid artery. The assassination attempt forced Lafontaine into a two-month convalescence; he abandoned shaking hands and signing autographs and gave his campaign speeches surrounded by a phalanx of bodyguards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany To the Victors Belong the Bills | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...medicine men," the teacher tells the class, "who came up with the religious beliefs that are the backbone of our Navajo culture." Lloyd | House speaks in a gravelly voice, has a boxer's much broken nose and wears a traditional turquoise necklace around his neck. "The medicine man we are talking about today was called Naahwiitbiihi -- which means the 'man who always wins.' Sounds like Frank Sinatra, doesn't it?" he says, and chuckles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farmington, New Mexico Caught Between Earth and Sky | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

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