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...video-game makers profess to be unconcerned by the threat from the computer industry. Instead, they spent most of last week blasting one another, rather like characters from one of their games, challenging their competitors' statistics, sneering at the performance of their systems and doing their best to keep one another off balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MORTAL KOMBAT | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

...there's more for the lucky dean. He'll be appearing in a series of spots for Mountain Dew as well, with the slogan "Just Dew Ett." Joined by other titans of college administration, Jewett will profess the outright wussiness of the housing decision when compared to the chest-hair-inducing powers of a certain near-fluorescent caffeinated beverage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 5/19/1995 | See Source »

...billion a year to religion, plus untold hours of volunteer labor. Four out of 10 adults regularly tell Gallup they attended worship in the past week--and even if that count is inflated by good intentions, it still vastly surpasses weekly professional-sports attendance. An overwhelming 95% of Americans profess belief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SO MANY GODS WE TRUST | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

...African-American woman who dared to have "independent" (read: crazy) views. The liberals' reaction to Elders's departure, which the rest of the United States greeted with a sigh of relief, shows just how far we "intellectuals" are removed from the American people about whom we profess to know and care so much...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Finally, Elders Fired | 12/13/1994 | See Source »

...before our mamas were born. "I was a woman in a man's world", she muses nonchalantly from her chaise lounge. She lives in a retirement community, entirely outside the scope of mainstream feminism, and if she were to be asked about her take on gender issues she would profess her strong support for the "women's liberation movement". Jaqui, acutely aware of the statement she makes when she cruises the Upper East Side on her trusty two-wheeler, describes the "sense of self" she gets from biking as the ultimate high. I wish Stone would have put these...

Author: By Mimi N. Schultz, | Title: Stone's Uncompromising First Film Revs the Engine | 10/27/1994 | See Source »

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