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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fayed, trumpeted by the cover line DI GOES SEX-MAD. The issue was pulled by a number of newsstands after her death.) Dan Schwartz, editorial director of the more freewheeling Globe, also promised to toughen standards. "We're going to become more conservative about our assessment of what will offend people, because we have to," he said. "People's consciousness of what is paparazzi and what isn't has been raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEY, WANNA BUY SOME PIX? | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...disparaging about their marriage. DEMI MOORE and BRUCE WILLIS have sued the supermarket tabloid the Star for suggesting that their union was over and that Moore had spent a wild night with Johnny Depp. (The National Enquirer said she was with Leonardo DiCaprio, which for some reason didn't offend the couple enough to sue.) Moore and Willis have also taken action against an Australian magazine called New Idea, which said Demi's obsession with fitness and an eating disorder were rupturing their happy home. "We are not filing this for financial gain," says Willis about the $5 million suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 4, 1997 | 8/4/1997 | See Source »

Explaining that the library staff makes no value judgments, Kautzman said, "Our job is to always keep the material readable. Considering how many magazines this library owns, I'm sure there's something that would offend any ideology...

Author: By Jeremy N. Smith, | Title: Lamont Officials Take Playboy Out of the Closet | 5/14/1997 | See Source »

Like beer at a fraternity and pizza at a child's birthday, their theory goes, the album has become popular because it's cheap, simple and a safe bet not to offend partygoers. And then it hits me: it's the Pulp Fiction soundtrack of its time...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Rhythm of the Night | 4/22/1997 | See Source »

Sedaris' publisher begged him to exclude "naked" from the book. If that had happened, the volume would have been called "something for everyone," because, he says, "there's something to offend everyone." The people who can tolerate his offensiveness are laughing too hard to object, anyway...

Author: By Matthew A. Carter, | Title: not for the clothes-minded | 4/3/1997 | See Source »

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