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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...director and stars seem to be continually lauding one aspect of the film: it will be epic. I don't just mean an epic, but the epic love story that attempts to bridge the gap between two very different cultures at the same time. Consequently, it is normal to be very skeptical when a studio concentrates its publicity efforts on the "grandeur" of one of its projects. We aren't told about the quality of the acting performances or the superb writing of the script. No, all the information disseminated is that Anna is epic in it's sweep...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cinemanic: Will Anna be a Crowning Achievment or an Epic Disaster? | 10/1/1999 | See Source »

...people in the hospital and forced mass evacuations. Officials said that a nuclear reaction may still be continuing inside the Tokaimura fuel processing plant, which was evacuated after workers saw blue flames rising above a batch of fuel and complained of nausea. Radiation levels 15,000 times higher than normal were reported around the plant, the site of Japan?s previous worst nuclear accident two years ago, when 35 workers were contaminated by an explosion. Local schools were ordered to keep their windows closed, and 300,000 people living in the vicinity were advised to wash off any rain that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite Accidents, Japan Is Unlikely to Nix Nukes | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...were old enough to be thinking about retirement, and then a Boomer, Bill Clinton, won when he was still in his 40s. If the World War II Guys hadn't been so reluctant to leave the stage and Bill Clinton had permitted the Fifties Guys to go in the normal order, the electorate still might not have reached the point of talking about who "experimented" with drugs (another usage invented for the privileged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing the Man in the Middle | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

Since then his lab has been investigating how dystrophin functions in both normal and diseased muscle cells. The research has helped scientists develop strategies to replace diseased cells with healthy ones...

Author: By Nik I. Kovac, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS' Kunkel Wins Award For Muscular Dystrophy Reserach | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

Fortunately, at least one recent film portrayed South Asians in the normal, everyday context in which they exist. The Sixth Sense, the surprise-hit ghost story starring Bruce Willis, featured not one, not two, but three South Asian actors. And none of them were portraying stereotyped characters. One was a doctor, and the other two played an engaged couple picking out a ring with the usual bickering...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: Monochrome Must-See TV | 9/23/1999 | See Source »

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