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...White. His words of wisdom for the rookie criminal Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) on dealing with a store manager during a robbery are; "If you wanna know something that he won't tell you, cut off one of his fingers. The little one. Then you tell 'im his thumb's next. After that he'll tell ya if he wears ladies' underwear. I'm hungry. Let's get a taco." But don't let these words deceive you; Keitel portrays the struggle between Mr. White's hardened exterior and soft-hearted conscience brilliantly...

Author: By Katherine C. Raff, | Title: 'Reservoir Dogs' Has Lots of Bite | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...father] was a draft pick of thePhiladelphia Phillies right out of high school,but he turned that down to go to college," hesays. "Where...his career ended abruptly becauseof a broken thumb...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Finishing in Style: The Class of '94 | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...believe that assets like oil, timber and an industrious, literate population are the makings of another Asian miracle. Harder heads are skeptical, noting that the nation consolidated by Ho Chi Minh's heirs after the 1975 fall of Saigon is poverty-stricken and still at least partly under the thumb of ancient Marxists. Per capita income remains at $200 a year, one of the poorest in the world. Says Julian Reid, a director of Jardine Fleming Securities in Hong Kong: "In the medium to long term, Vietnam is extremely exciting. The short term is full of frustrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace Finally At Hand | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...afford to be quite as daring, and it has probably run out of wall space for student frescoes. But the rental program provides a modern option which brings students closer to original art. Every fall, a frenzy ensues in the Fogg's courtyard as undergraduates, graduates and faculty thumb through dolly carts, searching for the original print they want to look at for the next year, Cohn explains...

Author: By Rajni Rao, | Title: A RAUSCHENBERG WITH MIRO ON THE SIDE, PLEASE | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

...into music to do it myself without the oppressive thumb of convention," says Idol, who released a Macintosh floppy disk with his album Cyberpunk. Yet for years Idol was "trapped in recording studios with my band trying to get the music right -- playing, arranging, figuring it all out -- while the money clock ticked away." Then he found a technology that allowed him to create a "virtual studio" in his home. "I was excited. It was 'live' to the computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock Goes Interactive | 1/17/1994 | See Source »

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