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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very public ordeal of Jamie Tarses is a cautionary tale that could play out only in Hollywood, where bright young executives are thrust from gotta-have-her to you're-outta-here without pausing at that crucial intermediary stop: Who is Jamie Tarses, and what has she done to deserve this? At 33, she's the youngest person--and the first woman--ever to run the entertainment division of one of the Big Three networks. Nearly a year ago, ABC hired her away from NBC, where she had gained fame for overseeing the development of such hits as Friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: WILL JAMIE GET WITH THE PROGRAM? | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...lead vocals, but drummer Lora MacFarlane has been replaced with Janet Weiss, whose rhythmic sense is somewhat sharper and more confident. The title song is one of the best: the music bristles with self-assurance and vitality, even as the lyrics suggest confusion: "Dig me out/ dig me in/ outta this mess baby outta my head." Tucker's wailing vibrato will annoy some listeners (Brownstein's voice is a bit calmer), but it's an apt vehicle to convey the trio's anarchic passion. Several of the tunes are old-fashioned paeans to rock, including the stomping Words and Guitar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: SONGS IN THE KEY OF GLEE | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

...Harvard baseball team, quite a few different angles emerge. The next time you read a sports story, take a few extra minutes and read the entire article. Then maybe you won't be one of the masses who just exclaims "Man, 22-4. They beat the 'ell outta them...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: The Faces Behind the Box | 5/14/1997 | See Source »

...Sorry about that into nationwide use in the 1970s--but this newer slang is different. It is supposed to confer upon its users an edge, sometimes a comedic but always a faintly combative edge. The era of Saturday Night Live that dished out Dennis Miller's "I'm outta here" and Dana Carvey's "Isn't that special?" fed a hunger for a renewable supply of ironic put-downs. But what may have started as a boomer/Xer shtick has now become a reflex common to all ages, from Bob Dole to Macaulay Culkin (who gave I don't think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YADDA, YADDA, YADDA | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...your money will buy, strive to be like your furniture--antique--and change spare body parts as often as your cars do. Hold on to what's left of the earth--along with the nine-legged, three-eyed frogs; the leafless trees; and the insane cows--because I'm outta here! CORA DIXON New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 16, 1996 | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

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