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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Surveillance!? What the . . . '' he begins. But then I nod at the TV in the corner of his office, with its beady glass eye staring out at us from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT SIMOLEON CAPER | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

Hanks has taken the paltry offerings of Hollywood and used them to serve a successful career. This is the real accomplishment behind his Pudding Pot Award. It is a sign of having infiltrated the cultural consciousness enough to gain a nod from the so-called cultural elite...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Hanks and the Hasty Hunks | 2/25/1995 | See Source »

...says the day's biggest surprise was the Academy's passing over the acclaimed "Hoop Dreams" for best documentary feature, a move that "had most people's jaws dropping" and cemented a trend in which prominent commercial documentaries have been overlooked. Also unexpected, Ressner says, were the best picture nod for "Shawshank," a "dank prison film with a unwieldy title," and Woody Allen's best director nomination for "Bullets Over Broadway." Says Ressner: "It seems as though it's a 'Welcome back Woody, all is forgiven' vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OSCAR GETS GUMPED | 2/14/1995 | See Source »

...midst of the primordial chaos of much of his playing, Taylor quiets his Units with a nod of the head and spontaneously composes slow, lyrical movements which, taken off of the record and written down, would stand up to Chopin, Rachmaninoff, or Stravinksy...

Author: By Eric D. Plaks, | Title: Passionate Taylor Grooves | 1/20/1995 | See Source »

...businesses, while the rural zones -- Kentucky Highlands, Mid-Delta in Mississippi, and Texas' Rio Grande Valley -- should get $40 million apiece. In addition, Clinton unveiled second-tier recipients: Los Angeles, Cleveland and 90 smaller areas, which will get grants, but no tax breaks. Clinton said the move was a nod to the fashionable idea that communities should decide how to spend federal money, but Kemp -- a 1996 presidential contender -- dismissed the package as "timid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLINTON . . . $3.5 BILLION FOR EMPOWERMENT ZONES | 12/21/1994 | See Source »

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