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This could be a tiresome jape. Making fun of show-biz effluvia has become the easiest, sleaziest way to get a laugh and feel superior. Even cut-rate exploitation movies can possess a delirious visionary gran-deur that makes any sarcasm directed their way seem small-minded. But the MST3K gang have gone far beyond Golden Turkey Awards. For this clever crowd, inept movies are mere cues to asides on politics and society, which they attack with scimitar wit. The show can even be seen as a branch of semiological (and semi-illogical) studies. "I've always been interested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: The Magical Mst Tour | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...decision, issued in Suffolk Superior Court, found David Heller guilty of sexual harassment after he placed a photo of the face of a coworker, Sylvia Smith Bowman, on the body of a nude centerfold and distributed it around their work place...

Author: By Sarah L. Thomas, | Title: Dershowitz to Appeal Case | 10/1/1994 | See Source »

...Superior talent, depth and leadership could very well earn the Crimson an invitation to the NCAA tournament next spring and may be its own spot in the women's tennis elite...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: Netters Shine At Invite | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...saturated by the irresponsibility of the media that I'm beyond being outraged. I'm almost numb to it at this point. It's outrageous. It's irresponsible." Superior Court Judge Lance Ito at Thursday's court session of the O.J. Simpson case after he accused the media of inaccurately reporting DNA test results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWSPEAK | 9/23/1994 | See Source »

...younger accounted for just 17 of the 460 homicides committed by kids under 18 -- younger kids are increasingly involved in deadlier crime. "There is far more gratuitous violence and far more anger, more shooting," says Judge Susan R. Winfield, who presides over the Family Division of the Washington, D.C., Superior Court. "Youngsters used to shoot each other in the body. Then in the head. Now they shoot each other in the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: When Kids Go Bad | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

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