Word: superman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...acne, are strangely absent. His skin is as baby-smooth in "The Blue Lotus" (set in 1930s Shanghai) as it is in his final adventure, "Tintin and The Picaros" (set in 1970s Latin America). Forty years without a single zit or wrinkle! That's as amazing an ability as Superman's X-ray vision...
...depending not solely on science or on faith but on a combination of the two. He isn't more powerful than a locomotive or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, yet he is fighting a noble struggle against this neurological version of kryptonite. Superman would be proud...
...Tuesday's episode of "Spin City," in which for no good reason all the characters were dressed for a costume party, Michael J. Fox, as deputy mayor Mike Flaherty, burst out of a telephone booth in a Superman suit and cape. The symbolism might have been unintentional, but it was certainly striking: after announcing two weeks ago that he has been afflicted with Parkinson's Disease for the past seven years, the 37-year-old actor seemed as healthy and funny as ever--and like the real Superman, Christopher Reeve, who has been a vocal activist for the rights...
...corner of the hall, a man kicks out at the windows in a manner mixing the best of Bruce Lee and Michael Flatley. In the meantime, one of the three men has elevated another in the air with his feet Superman-style...
Boys play the game too, with Spiderman, Darth Vader, Batman and Zorro emerging as the most common trick-or-treaters. At Boston Costume, Puritan Boy outfits and Greek tunics sat untouched while a bevy of boys with tired parents weighed the dilemma of Superman versus the bleeding monster. Closer to home, Michael Zanger-Tishler (age 3 3/4, son of Abby Zanger, Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures) said he was dressing up as a fireman because "that's what I am!" The delightfully precocious boy was happy to eloquently detail his outfit...