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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...slick expanse of water as steep as a cliff. Somehow he stayed in control, even though he flew 6 or 7 ft. through the air so that, for a split second, he was free-falling. Exclaimed Knox, who's from Carlsbad, Calif.: "It was like the best roller-coaster ride you could ever imagine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Winter Of Giant Waves | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...Knox, it's the thrill of the ride, not the big cash prize, that's indelibly inscribed in his memory. "I caught the biggest wave of my life, so in my mind I've already won," he says. "You know, I've never seen a winter this big and this good--I hope El Nino comes back again next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Winter Of Giant Waves | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...drifts into a racy R.-and-B. number whenever he tries to give the boys a wholesome lesson in song (Isaac Hayes does the voice). As for the plots, in one episode aliens send a huge anal probe into Cartman; in another, "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride," Stan follows his dog to a sort of amusement park for homosexual pets. "Stan's dog's a homo!" is a typical line from that show. While the series is now created on a computer, Parker and Stone first used construction paper in their animation, which retains a flat, crude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gross And Grosser | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

...carry a Mature or MA rating, the harshest, and it can be blocked by the V chip. The best-selling T shirt last year was based on South Park; a movie deal is all but set; a sound-track album is being produced--can a theme-park ride be far behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gross And Grosser | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

...Marine inquiry into the Feb. 3 Italian ski-lift tragedy blamed the jet fighter's crew for the deaths of 20 people. But a closer read yields an interesting discrepancy. On the one hand, the flight of the EA-6B PROWLER was described as a hair-raising ride, in which the plane flew too low and too fast until the collision. On the other was the description of crew members, whom colleagues and commanders praised for their flying skills and professionalism. And all the 35 EA-6B flyers interviewed said they had never heard of anyone flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marine Corps | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

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