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...here each night," Delegas said, "Usually I drink Greek coffee--not like Nick [Fragopoulos]. He drinks only white wine...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Social Clubs Attract Ethnic Groups | 2/17/1993 | See Source »

MUCH OF MONDO 2000 STRAINS CREDIBILITY. Does physicist Nick Herbert really believe there might be a way to build TIME MACHINES? Did the CRYONICS experts at TransTime Laboratory really chill a family pet named Miles and then, after its near death experience, turn it back into what its owner describes as a "fully functional dog"? Are we expected to accept on faith that a SMART DRUG called centrophenoxine is an "intelligence booster" that provides "effective anti-aging therapy," or that another compound called hydergine increases mental abilities and prevents damage to brain cells? "All of this has some basis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberpunk! | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

...CENTER OF LORENZO'S OIL LIES A desperately sick child. But in director George Miller's tedious film, he is also, during much of the time, lost. For this true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon) focuses on their frantic efforts to find a cure for their boy's rare disease (adrenoleukodystrophy). Their search leads them into shrill conflict with an overcautious medical establishment. It also draws them into that least cinematic of environments, the library. When they are not poring over volumes, they are earnestly discussing their various findings. Both modes distance the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Jan. 11, 1993 | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

Patriotism demands at least one more world-shaking, American-made trend. Surely the nation that invented goldfish swallowing and the leisure suit is not willing to exit the millennium watching reruns on Nick at Nite. Arise, ye pallid twentysomethings, and do something deeply silly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Won't Somebody Do Something Silly? | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

...Jack Kemp, Nick Brady and C. Boyden Gray...

Author: By G. K. Wenceslas, | Title: Ode to Crimson Beneficence | 12/18/1992 | See Source »

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