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From the outset, Raina, played by Sarah Matthay '99, offered a bright contrast to the dismal effort of many members of the cast. Although she became overbearing and whiny at times, her motions and dialogue were able to shine through the weaknesses for most of the show. The promise for future success was evident, and a better script is all she needs to unleash her talent...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: Shaw's Weak Writing Strangles 'Man' | 12/7/1995 | See Source »

Drinking nightly, for example, is a boon to your interpersonal relationship skills. Not only will this hobby shine on your resume, but it will ensure you success with women. And guess what? Sex is on your terms. In your house. She comes in the side door and exits at your whim. And she isn't even a Cliffie...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: O, TO BE SCUM! | 12/2/1995 | See Source »

Nationwide, Lugar is favored by only 4% of Republican voters, according to a TIME/CNN poll in mid-September, but his campaign hopes his decency and trustworthiness will shine through as the primaries draw near. Only Colin Powell seems to mirror Lugar in conveying a sense that there is congruence between the man's character and his principles. But in contrast to Powell, who seems to have butterflies in the belly, Lugar has thought about running for President since he first jested about the idea when he was mayor of Indianapolis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DRIPPING WITH DECENCY | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

...Things happen fast. I still think it's true that any sense of narrative pacing on my part comes out of the emergency room." Indeed, in 1974 he wrote a movie script about his emergency-room experiences but got no takers in Hollywood. Years later, Steven Spielberg took a shine to it, and eventually shepherded it onto TV. The result was ER, the biggest hit of the 1994-95 season and, with 30 million viewers, now the most popular show on television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEET MISTER WIZARD | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

...when he drives off some sheep poachers, in the process gaining his first sense of vocation: he'd like to herd sheep himself. The dogs think he's too nice a guy for that line of work. But the sheep, tired of being nipped and woofed at, take a shine to him because Babe speaks politely to them and treats them with respect. He's sort of a liberal humanist on trotters, capable even of the odd, soulful thought about mortality, and a welcome addition to a public life largely given over these days to swinishness of a less exemplary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: BABE: WITH AN OINK, OINK HERE | 8/21/1995 | See Source »

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