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...thinly veiled slap to Oliver's more conservative plan of urban renewal, he cautioned the audience to beware of "new paradigms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kennedy Discusses Public Housing | 10/4/1996 | See Source »

Indeed,Vanity Fair's prediction for the Crimson's chances this season are dismal. The magazine refers to the Crimson as the "unthreatening" team every opponent "wants to slap around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Football Players Appear in Vanity Fair | 10/3/1996 | See Source »

...throughout both acts are interludes featuring Russell as a character in a "running series of catastrophic cameos." Whether he is bouncing around the stage, dancing to James Bond music or pretending to be narrowly missed by a speeding train, Russell shines in these consistently disjointed episodes. These 30-second, slap-stick moments, breaking up the longer, more abstract dance scenes, remind the audience that above all, "Snappy Crayons" is supposed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It Has a Good Beat & You Can Dance to It | 10/3/1996 | See Source »

Everyone has many terrible vows to keep, many beautiful secrets to reveal. Venal jailers stroke their fancy mustaches. The sound effects are volcanic: a slap stings like a bullwhip. Benazir goes mad, her daughter grows up to be a race-car driver, the policeman's daughter becomes a cop and helps track down Habibullah's brother (who spits out his evil threats on a cellular phone--suddenly we're in today's India), and everything climaxes in an Armageddon of gunplay. With music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOORAY FOR BOLLYWOOD! | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

...back to Italy for trial two years ago, but the German Justice Ministry is asking Argentinian officials to drop any opposition to another extradition and trial. Rabbis at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles called the decision a black mark for the Italian justice system and "a slap in the face" for the victims of the massacre and their families. The battle is not over yet, says TIME's Rhea Schoenthal from Bonn. "The German government is out to get Priebke. The court in Dortmund has written out the extradition request and will try to prosecute him regardless. Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany To Extradite Nazi | 8/28/1996 | See Source »

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