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...least 650 g (about 1.4 lbs.) of heroin or cocaine. But though the law was intended to net big fish, few major dealers got hit. In fact, 86% of the "650 lifers" had never done time; 70% were poor. "A lot of them were young people who made very stupid mistakes but shouldn't have to pay for it for the rest of their lives," says state representative Barbara Dobb, the Republican who began a reform effort. In August, G.O.P. Governor John Engler signed a law allowing 650 lifers to be paroled after 15 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Get-Tough Policy That Failed | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...hocking loogies into tacos and an uber-Dilbertian secretary defecating on her boss's chair. Nelson's new Busted Everywhere for Fox is more of the same. He doesn't go along with Nash's excuses about storytelling or moralizing. "We thought it was funny footage of employees acting stupid," he says. "I like to think of Busted as tapping into the mojo of There's Something About Mary. That same sort of brilliant stupidity." It more successfully taps into the mojo of You'll Never Eat Out Again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: When Good Networks Go Bad | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...about his new practical-joke show, UPN's RedHanded, Nelson, 43, gets as didactic as Nash. "We're creating a morality play. But the person isn't aware it's a morality play," he explains. "It's Candid Camera meets Seinfeld meets The Truman Show." Meets something really, really stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: When Good Networks Go Bad | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...think it's nice that they're administrators and people removed from the peer situation," says Fuller. "I trust the U.C. to a certain extent, but especially in terms of our group, a lot of people have this innate prejudice against cheerleaders because we're supposed to be stupid or something...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: College Awards $17,000 in 'Impact Grants' to Two Dozen Student Groups | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

Erin wouldn't even have voted if not for Jesse, but Trista wasn't that impressed. A third waitress, not crazy about either Jesse or being a Hooters girl, asked TIME to make up a name for her. O.K., we can do that. "I think it's stupid to cut tuition credits," said Bambi. "And all he ever talks about is how he was a Navy SEAL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready To Rumble | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

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