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Word: rita (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expect to get it. Power Rangers is choppy, video-game-paced fare that has the feel of a cheap Japanese monster movie, circa 1956. The premise: five teenagers (three boys and two girls) are transmogrified mid-episode into spandex-clad superheroes who battle the vile forces of Rita Repulsa, an intergalactic witch. Through a mix of kung-fu acrobatics, pummeling and pouncing, the Rangers manage to defeat whatever band of clunky, plastic robot- cretins Rita enjoins to cause trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mighty Raters | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...Asia, based in Hong Kong and broadcast in English to 30 countries as diverse as Saudi Arabia and Mongolia. The region's conservative nature makes it harder to probe delicate issues, but that hasn't stopped the network. Despite Chinese reticence toward discussing politics, MTV Asia veejay Rita Tsang got Chinese and Hong Kong teens to express candid opinions in "Changing Hands," a segment about the crown colony's 1997 return to China, beamed by satellite and cable into about five million Chinese homes. " AIDS at Your Doorstep" covered the disease and safe sex -- a bold move in places like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Now to a Kid Near You | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...Rita A. Grassi campaigned for her brother Joe outside of the Miller River polling place. She said, "For the elderly it's hard to get up here. They used to go to St. Francis, and this is a much further walk...

Author: By Terry H. Lanson, | Title: Redistricting Changes Cause Mass Confusion | 11/3/1993 | See Source »

...Leonora, who left him so she could make something of herself and now attends college. The two have since moved on to other love interests; Leonora, known as Lee, has been seeing her English professor (William Hurt), and Gus has been contemplating moving in with his devoted girl-friend, Rita (Mary Louise Parker) Contact between Gus and Lee is typically unamicable, filled with mutual accusations concerning who brought about the failure of their marriage. Their squabbles can't conceal that these two are bound to fall for each other inthe...

Author: By Clarissa A. Bonanno, | Title: Miserable `Wonderful' | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

...Rita Dove embarks on her poet laureateship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

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