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...gifted acolyte. Photos of Vernon and Miller can be seen on the bookcase of the fin-de-siecle gaming room that serves as the show's sole set, and a carte de visite featuring a picture of the 19th century illusionist Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser actually shows up in a prop for one of the show's loveliest effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tricky Ricky | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

Medak treats the other women in Jack's life with equal abandon. Both Sciorra's Natalie and Lewis' Sheri are intriguing, albeit abbreviated, performances. It is therefore disappointing to see their characters relegated to prop status, as both women only seem to appear so that they can later disappear...

Author: By Ariel Foxman, | Title: Bleeding Heartless | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

After fumbling N.F.L. football, CBS was in no mood to lose any more sports action to upstart Fox. So, at the end of negotiations for broadcast rights to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, CBS came up a winner -- at a price. Grabbing the games helped the network prop up its slipping sports franchise. But after paying $375 million, a Winter Games record, CBS will do well to break even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Furthermore: Jan. 31, 1994 | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

...spent his campaign distancing himself from me. Now that he's President he's trying to dismiss me. He's trying to prop up other black leaders. It's not working. Look at the polls; walk the streets. The other guys don't have the juice. It's only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Rumblings on the Left | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

...Balloon angioplasty -- inflating a tiny balloon to widen a clogged artery -- is much less expensive and dangerous than a heart-bypass operation. Unfortunately, the artery tends to squeeze shut again. But inserting a tiny wire coil to prop the artery open appears to solve the problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Nov. 22, 1993 | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

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