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Finally in 1985, he was invited to be a regular on SNL. It was the turning point of his career. His Fernando character set a new indoor speed record for trajectory from late-night sketch to universally understood wisecrack. Today people still beg him to flash the insincere smile of the fading, macho heartthrob of the '50s and intone, "You know, dahlings, it is better to look good than to feel good." By Monday morning, from junior high cafeterias to white-shoe law firms, "Excuuuse me" had been replaced by "You look maaahvelous." He also struck gold with Willie...
...when asked what sort of settlement this kind of pressure might eventually produce, European diplomats sketch an arrangement that sounds suspiciously like a 1992 version of Munich: essentially a division of Bosnia into three highly unequal parts. Bosnia's Serbs might not hold on to quite all of the territory they have conquered; their leader, Radovan Karadzic, asserts that they would settle for 64% of Bosnia rather than the 70% they now occupy. Croats would get most of the rest. Bosnia's Muslims would be left with little more than the few towns and slivers of countryside they now hold...
...when he burst onto Saturday Night Live, Murphy had the audience's eye. More, he had their affection; not just his talent but his boyish good nature won him that. And because comic charisma radiated through the characters he played on SNL, Murphy was able to jump from TV-sketch artist to big-screen draw. He took two roles Richard Pryor had rejected, in 48 HRS. and Trading Places, and overtook Pryor as the top black film star. He stepped into a Sylvester Stallone part, in Beverly Hills Cop, and strutted to the top of the world...
Conceptually, a how-to video for the homeless smacks of a Saturday Night Live sketch gone horribly tasteless. Only those fortunate enough to wander into a vcr-equipped shelter will ever view the tape. Moreover, advocates for the homeless argue that the video signals a dangerous complacency in tackling the issues of hunger and poverty. But to her critics Dunlap has one reply: "Get real!" The video, she insists, acknowledges a serious public health issue and aims to save lives...
When computer experts are asked about the future of information technology at Harvard, their light up as they sketch out the range of possibilities for the University in the future...