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...decade of picket fences and placid smiles, of front lawns without weeds and a future without care, when children were wise enough to respect their parents--because Father knew best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shading the Past | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...strong mix of bass, horns and Indian chants. The other drug song is the lackluster "High Times," which does little more than evoke memories of "Hits From the Bong" and "I Wanna Get High." Despite a couple of duds other, such as the overwrought "Feature Presentation" and the placid "Audio X," Cypress Hill IV is an album that arrives none too soon...

Author: By Bill Gienapp, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High Hopes for Rap | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

What Dreams May Come does even worse by its characters. Early scenes of their courtship present Williams and Sciorra as a prototypical couple madly in love and without any discernible flaws. Williams is light and animated, while Sciorra is a placid beauty. They laugh and giggle, dance and frolic in slow motion as a means of establishing their love for one another. But as Williams and Sciorra age (and, in fact, die) they lose all traces of their original characters...

Author: By Jeremy J. Ross, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hell is a Dour Robin Williams; Heaven Can't Stand Him Either | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

...said he was "personally offended" by Clinton's attack; in the hallway, he called the President a "jerk" (as close to a four-letter epithet as Hatch ever gets). Salt Lake Tribune reporter John Heilprin, shadowing Hatch, reported that his press secretary praised the usually placid Senator: "Stay passionate, Orrin. That's good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blowing His Stack | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

...attention of 12- to 34-year-old male viewers, who are increasingly bored by baseball, football and just about everything else that doesn't involve nudity. This month, along with such traditional contests as street luge, skateboarding and in-line skating, the Olympics-style event at San Diego's placid Mission Bay Park includes barefoot waterskiing, sky surfing and big-air snowboarding (yes, it's a summer event). More than 450 athletes from 27 countries will compete for gold medals in 28 events that NASA wouldn't let a monkey try. Last year 14 million amped kids watched, and more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Dude Is Gonna Die. Cool | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

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