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...appearances, he is not. And that is the real tragedy in Girlfriend in a Coma. Coupland's writing style is fresh and funny, but he is clearly at his best when he's playing the witty cynic, not the platitude-dribbling prophet. Advice for the future: leave the crusading to the Unabomber...

Author: By Camberley M. W. crick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The First Voice of Generation X Speaks Again | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

...didn't blacken, nor the moon turn red, but the world did come to an end, just as their prophet had promised. The End drove up in a tank, spitting gas, fulfilling prophecies. And if anyone wants to harm them, says the Book of Revelation, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1989-1998 Transformation | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...Last Supper before his murder in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. Invited to dine at King's table were his "disciples," including Black Power activist Stokely Charmichael and several leaders of the Black Panther Party, including Cleaver herself. In a kitschy, if tongue-in-check scene, the prophet's mantle was passed from King to the apostolic Panthers, but instead of bread and wine, there were "hot peppers," the true food of revolutionaries...

Author: By Adam J. Levitin, | Title: Stealing the Prophet's Mantle | 1/21/1998 | See Source »

...Richard Seed? That's what everyone wanted to know last week, as reporters and camera crews chased the eccentric scientist from one TV studio to another. Gradually, the story of a strange and erratic life emerged, for this oversize man--who looks like an Old Testament prophet--is both brilliant and bizarre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cloning's Kevorkian | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

...borrow the rant of Network's furious prophet of the little screen, Howard Beale: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: B-Movie Heroine Chic: Tarantino's Hyper-Hip Brew Potent No More | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

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