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But it turns out that the promise of HDTV may have been just a ruse. Each month, in surreptitious ways, the handout to the broadcasters becomes more egregious, which is unsurprising, given their lobbying clout with Congress--$7 million worth in the past two years. A clause buried in this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BANDWIDTH BONANZA | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

Not so, says Armey. When details of the aborted putsch broke in the July 16 edition of the scrappy weekly newspaper the Hill, he issued a statement that "any and all allegations that I was involved in some ridiculous plot to oust the Speaker [are] completely false, and, in fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: READY, AIM, MISFIRE | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

Corliss implies grind-house films are all the rage today simply because they are ridiculous. Like they're cool because they're so awful. I don't think so. We do not love exploitation films because we want to relive a past decade of innocence. Exploitation filmmakers have proved that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 28, 1997 | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

There are also some amusing moments with a depty medical examiner (Linda Fiorentino), who keeps discovering strange corpses in the morgue only to be neuralyzed by Jones. The aliens themselves aren't especially original: most of them seem lifted from "Star Wars," and not enough is done with the concept...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: KING ALIEN BOOTY | 7/11/1997 | See Source »

NEW YORK CITY: Charles Kuralt, CBS's chronicler of the heart of America, died on the 4th of July. The 62-year-old former host of "On the Road with Charles Kuralt" and "CBS Sunday Morning" died at New York Hospital from complications from lupus. Kuralt joined CBS News in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charles Kuralt, Dead at 62 | 7/4/1997 | See Source »

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