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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With hope and a dash of contrarian good sense, this writer recently revisited the world of daytime soap opera, reasoning that like so much else in our postmodern culture--Las Vegas, fondue, Rob Lowe--afternoon dramas might have transitioned into hip. Little research was needed to prove this theory false. Sets still seem to draw their inspiration from the simulated Americana of a Holiday Inn lobby in Colonial Williamsburg. And on almost any given day, the chance of making it through the afternoon without hearing someone say, "I don't need any DNA test to prove that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Love, Money, Witches And Beach Grass | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

Stewart, who debated topics from gun control to next year's presidential election on the episode along with author Erica Jong, NYPD Blue co-star Andrea Thompson and comedian Rob Schneider, said she has been a long time fan of Politically Incorrect...

Author: By Joshua H. Simon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stewart Appears on Television Show | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

Stewart, who debated topics from gun control to next year's presidential election on the episode along with author Erica Jong, NYPD Blue co-star Andrea Thompson and comedian Rob Schneider, said she has been a long time fan of Politically Incorrect...

Author: By Joshua H. Simon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stewart Takes Personal Politics to Television | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...image was riveting, as justice John Paul Stevens, a Chicago native, presented it. A gang member and his father are hanging out near Wrigley Field. Are they there "to rob an unsuspecting fan or just to get a glimpse of Sammy Sosa leaving the ball park?" A police officer has no idea, but under Chicago's anti-gang law, the cop must order them to disperse. With Stevens writing for a 6-to-3 majority, the Supreme Court last week struck down Chicago's sweeping statute, which had sparked 42,000 arrests in its three years of enforcement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ending the Roundups | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...past," the 57-year-old new president told tens of thousands of his countrymen and a checkered assortment of dignitaries ranging from Attorney General Janet Reno to Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi. "No night can be restful when millions have no jobs, and some are forced to beg, to rob and to murder to ensure that they and their own do not perish from hunger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mandela's Heir Needs More Than Miracles | 6/16/1999 | See Source »

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