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...face together, which means choosing from a screenful of different mouths, noses, eyes and ears. "You'll know when you've got it," says Mr. Computer Potato Head while you give him a facial. This achieved, you must decide what to do next: Watch one of his music videos? Thumb through his old baby pictures? Choose various cuts by musicians from around the world and mix them together into your own jam session? Or "go backstage"; that requires a pass, which you earn while maneuvering through the disk. As Gabriel narrates, boxes of hypertext pop up alongside the images...

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

...rule of thumb, such loutishness should be enough to torpedo any politician's career. It is a testament to Zhirinovsky's perverse appeal, however, that these public-relations debacles had almost no effect on his stature at home, where media coverage of his blundering antics was virtually nonexistent. Abroad, however, his bullying and bigotry have prompted Western governments to consider easing their pressure on President Boris Yeltsin to push through his economic reforms or risk a backlash by the likes of Mr. Z. All of which is a fairly impressive accomplishment for a man who, up to last month when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello, I Must Be Going | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...mayor of Vienna, Helmut Zilk, lost two fingers and a thumb when a letter bomb exploded as he opened it at his home. Zilk was the most prominent victim of a wave of 10 letter bombings that has injured five people in Austria since Dec. 3. Police arrested two right-wing extremists they believe are responsible for the attacks. All the bombs were accompanied by notes signed Count Rudiger von Starhemberg, a reference to the Viennese hero who directed the city's resistance to Ottoman armies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week December 5-11 | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL: a myth of an outsider a la Shane. A town is under the thumb of a gang, and Michael Jackson saves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wacko Jacko and the Beanstalk | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Gilland underwent two operations on his thumb and wrist and was released from Cambridge City Hospital on Saturday. He re-admitted himself again three days ago for a third operation...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Teaching Fellow Assaulted Near Yard | 11/13/1993 | See Source »

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