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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more of a demonstration than an investigation. Roger Tamraz is a case in point. The story of how the palm-greasing oil tycoon made it into the inner chambers of the White House has been known among investigators and journalists since March. It is just now coming to the screen, where Fred Thompson massages witnesses for the best sound bites and head shots, so as to maybe ? just maybe ? get regular people interested. And the wisecracking, straight-shooting Tamraz certainly gave it his all. But Thompson may find the unctuous tycoon to be a little too colorful: Tamraz is wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tycoon Entertains Thompson | 9/18/1997 | See Source »

Beware, though--these machines are no longer the fastest offered for course work. Unless you need the large screen, you are better off programming and compiling...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: HASCS Revamps Network | 9/16/1997 | See Source »

...anyone noticed that the Harvard Film Archive raised its student admission fee to $5? What a rip-off. The screen is too small and the films are, in general, too old to be charging almost as much as Sony Harvard Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: September Journal | 9/16/1997 | See Source »

Christmas Eve, 1951. L.A.P.D. Sergeant Jack Vincennes is canoodling his dance partner at a bash for a Dragnet-type show where he moonlights as technical adviser. He is explaining why his small-screen counterpart seems so bland compared with his own colorful persona. "That's because he's the television version," smirks Jack, who pockets additional cash helping a sleazy Hollywood tabloid called Hush-Hush. "America isn't ready for the real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...will scroll vertically instead of horizontally, making it easier on the eyes, and it will automatically display entries from the College's new campus calendar. The large square LED screen at one end of the Commons will continue to be used for more artistic purposes, administrators said...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Fast Food, Pool and Couches: Loker's New Look | 9/12/1997 | See Source »

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