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...Sixteen years have passed since ABC's landmark telecast of Roots. In TV time, that is nearly a millennium. Back in 1977, the mini-series was a fresh and vital form. The Big Three networks still had a virtual monopoly on the TV audience. And an old-fashioned, multigenerational family saga disguised as a history lesson about slavery could seem like a major contribution to racial understanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florid Fiction, Bruising Fact | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

This explains the difficulty Asian-American actors have had in trying to break through stereotypical roles like "Long Duck Dong" in Sixteen Candles. And when Asian-Americans aren't portrayed as geeky and insipid, they're cast as mysterious experts at Kung...

Author: By Beong-soo Kim, | Title: The Myth of (Asian) America | 1/6/1993 | See Source »

Rape is defined as "sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse by a person with another person who is compelled to submit by force and against his will or by threat of bodily injury, or sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a child under sixteen years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What The Proposals Say: | 11/20/1992 | See Source »

...WONDERED WHY YOUR LIFE WASN'T LIKE SIXTEEN CANDLES...

Author: By Katherine Pearson, | Title: Do You Like Harvard? | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

When Campbell was not wreaking havoc, Rullman was raining jumpers on St. Mary's head. He went into the intermission with sixteen points on five of eight shooting...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: M. Cagers Survive 2nd Half Collapse | 11/17/1992 | See Source »

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