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...Buttons Show (Mad About You). 12: The Jack Benny Program (Madman of the People). 13: Life with Luigi (Ellen). 14: Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts (Hope & Gloria). 15: Goodyear Television Playhouse (Frasier). 16: The Life of Riley (Murphy Brown). 17: Mama (20/20). 18: Your Show of Shows (CBS Sunday Movie). 19: What's My Line? (NBC Monday Night Movies). 20: Strike It Rich (Dave's World...
...citizens of Los Angeles too did not need Fuhrman to illustrate how vows of absolution are followed by disillusionment. In the wake of the 1991 Rodney King beating, then Mayor Tom Bradley established the Christopher Commission, a blue-ribbon panel entrusted with the job of recommending police reforms. Chief Daryl Gates, who was frequently criticized for closing ranks with his officers rather than being accountable to the public, retired under pressure, and Williams was brought in. Still, 3 1/2 years later, many of the Christopher Commission's recommendations exist only on paper. For instance, the commission identified 44 "problem" officers...
Little Richard and Yoko Ono, though few on rock's current A-list, made it to the ribbon-cutting ceremony today in Cleveland for the $92 million Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a six-story glass and steel pyramid that may actually be worth the investment. "It's a very important museum," says music critic Christopher John Farley. "It is a lot more than seeing Bruce Springsteen's junior college poetry. It documents the history of an American art form. It's a great looking building that really captures the spirit of the music." The museum opens Saturday...
...WORKING POOR MAY not expect much from the government, but at a minimum they wish the government would not make their hard lives even harder. But that is what happened in 1983, when a blue-ribbon commission headed by Alan Greenspan decided to "save" Social Security by hoisting payroll taxes to record heights. The employer and employee share of the payroll tax, which in 1960 was 3% each, for a total of $530 for people who worked full time at minimum wage, now stands at 7.65% each for a total of $1,352. Today more than three-quarters of American...
...couldn't really figure out what relation Baseball Nut has to America's Pastime. And we don't think it's being served at Fenway these days. But the flavor, with cashews and a raspberry ribbon in vanilla ice cream, was featured at the opening of the baseball season. The cashews were few and far between, but the raspberry swirl made the ice cream seem like a light sorbet. Although Baseball Nut had the same vanilla ice cream as the Reese's, it was significantly lighter and less sweet...