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...show seemed much less inconvenient when viewed as proof of the rightness of the computer revolution. Surely, the logic went, this many people can't be wrong. Even the sobering news that cash-starved CompuServe (which carries TIME online) was scrapping its failing Wow service didn't spoil the party. Instead, in lines, bathrooms and at craps tables, conventioneers--accountants, programmers, teachers--giddily hunted for the next big thing. Everyone, after all, wants to leave Vegas a winner. Below, a handful of COMDEX's better bets...
...force to Ed, humanity to Ian (well, a little bit) and fury to Pat. Add all this to Leeore Schnairsohn's slick-radio-announcer-turned-Jimmy-Swaggart version of Porter and his born-again bride Zivia, and you've got an ending too deliciously and devilishly clever to spoil in a mere review. The true meaning of the title is revealed around this point: it's not just that Zivia is sucking the life out of Pat and Porter out of Zivia in turn--every single member of the family is living off the blood of every single other member...
Netscape's new Navigator, ready to make collaboration and virtual travel easy,should spoil Bill Gates' Christmas...
...nominees, stars from both movies and television, nearly all showed up, sitting at crowded banquet tables in the Beverly Hilton Hotel. And unlike the Oscars and Tonys, the orchestra did not (most of the time) spoil the party by cutting short the acceptance speeches; at the Golden Globes, everybody gets to thank everybody. Sharon Stone, a Best Actress winner for Casino, spent a full three minutes thanking her co-stars, director, several Universal executives, her parents, publicist, hair and makeup people and "the girls at Chaos [her production company]: Paulette, Mindy and Kristen." Backstage with Dick Clark, she had more...
...then they go and spoil it all by saying something stupid or arrogant or hypocritical. After literally swearing his allegiance to Switzer on national television, Irvin then declared, "We're going home. Last year we rented out the Super Bowl [to the 49ers], and now we're going back to see if they cleaned up after themselves." Privately, the Cowboys have expressed more concern than confidence in the game-management skills of Switzer. Yet to hear them talk after Sunday's game, Switzer is a sort of laissez-faire savant. "Nobody deserves this more than Barry," said Irvin...