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...November, new cast members JESSE THE COWGIRL, the PROSPECTOR and the evil ZURG will join the originals, who despite advances in technology, look much the same. "We stayed true to what people remembered," says director John Lasseter, "but the humans look better." Even animated actors can use a nip and tuck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 5, 1999 | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...gloom-and-doom scenario, the Federal Reserve Board will not be satisfied with such modest rate hikes. In order to nip in the bud any renewal of inflation, the Fed will begin an aggressive tightening of credit and deliberately push interest rates much higher still. That will cause a chain reaction. It will knock stock and bond prices much lower, make consumer buying and business investment more difficult to finance, and maybe put a stop to what is about to become the longest economic expansion in U.S. history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Board Of Economists: Wall Street's Ghostbusters | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

HONEST, AL Presidential mendacity is not a pretty sight. To nip it in the bud, we at Notebook pledge to keep an eye on the presidential candidates, rating their less than truthful statements from slight exaggeration ([one shovel]) to whopper ([five shovels]). First up: Al Gore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candidate Truth Watch | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...Charles River Valley Boys. The Silver Leaf Gospel choir took the show to intermission in overalls with an African fabric swatch reminiscent of a cummerbund under black suit coats. Their singing, deeper than Widener and friendlier too, inclusive of both Jesus and the "I just might take a nip" phenomenon, was authentically folk, seemingly grown on a stalk independent of any folk revivals or Newport festivals...

Author: By Benjamin E. Lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CLUB PASSIM | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...delivering fiery speeches. So instead of telling the black guy to calm down and consult a dictionary, Williams accepted Howard's resignation." Buckwheat paused. "In a city like Washington this could start an epidemic of oversensitivity. You could have an explosion the next time somebody says there's a 'nip in the air' or a 'chink in your armor.' We've got to inject some common sense into this STUPID fuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other N Word | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

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