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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...inevitable: turn out enough garbage in the guise of movies, laced with foul-mouthed dialogue, and you have the best ingredients to ensure a successful failure. Il Postino (The Postman), a simple film with a simple plot, superbly acted, is sound proof that great films can be made and be profitable. Yet the industry continues to churn out products that seem to be based solely on special effects. At least someone in the industry has heard the wake-up call, through their bank account. LIDO DELUCK Seattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 26, 1996 | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

...Washington press conference, hastily convened after word of the discovery leaked to the journal Space News, NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin echoed the excitement. "It's an unbelievable day," he said. "It took my breath away." But, he cautioned, "the scientists are not here to say they've found ultimate proof...We must investigate, evaluate and validate this discovery, and it is certain to create lively scientific controversy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIFE ON MARS | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

Representative Susan Molinari, the keynote speaker of the Republican National Convention, comes to the podium after providing fresh proof that the behavior of American politicians is not affected in the slightest by ridicule. Officeholders who are confronted with stories of marijuana use in college, as Representative Molinari was after being invited to deliver the keynote, still describe what they were doing with the dreaded weed not as smoking or using but as "experimenting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH ON EXPERIMENTATION | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

...right amount of bite. And the movie's beautiful final shot in a lake eloquently reassures us of Holofcener's underlying sincerity. Apply whatever metaphor you want to the summer movie scene--drought, bloated big-budget feast of fast food--the independent gem "Walking and Talking" provides refreshing proof of life beyond planet Hollywood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Run (Don't Walk) to This Film | 8/13/1996 | See Source »

...York City subway at rush hour can imagine the havoc that would ensue if every individual who wished to board a train was forced to go through a baggage check. Even taking this type of extreme precaution against terrorism can't prevent those bent on destruction. Israel is ample proof that no matter how tight the level of security in a country is, there is no guarantee that its people are safe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Costs of a Tragedy-Free Nation | 8/9/1996 | See Source »

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