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...absence of the princess, Utopia deteriorates into a crime-infested country, with the ineffective king himself under the thumb of two judges of the Utopian Supreme Court, Scaphio and Phantis (played by Adam Feldman and Jonathan Deily respectively...

Author: By Ganesh Ramakrishnan, | Title: Utopia: It's the Closest You'll Ever Get at Harvard | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...still, after months halfway down the best-seller list, Faludi moves to No. 2 this week -- right behind a new book by Gloria Steinem. Many critics dismissed Revolution from Within, Steinem's treatise on the political implications of the self-esteem movement, as an exercise in squishy new-age thumb-sucking. But as she tours shopping malls, Steinem is being mobbed by crowds that, according to one bookstore owner, exceed those of Oliver North and Vanna White, the backlash icons of American manhood and womanhood. Something must have happened in the climate of relations between men and women for these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War Against Feminism | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

...cats,first ranking them separately by breed, and thenchoosing the top ten cats of the day. Barnaby isalmost done. He places his third-place cat, a RedSomali, back in her cage, and removes a BluePersian. Barnaby's moves are swift and sure. Heruns his hand down the back, thumb along thespine, evaluating the finish of the coat anddevelopment of the musculature. He focuses on thehead, measuring the placement of the ears and nosewith his forefinger and noting the color and shapeof the eyes. Helfing the cat in the air, one handunder the chest, he measures weight distributionand judges posture...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: Not Too Sexy for These Cats | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

Kansas City was never in the game. Steve DeBerg completed only five passes for 22 yards before leaving midway through the second quarter with a sprained right thumb. Mark Vlasic replaced him and was 9-for-20 for 124 yards and four interceptions...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Bills Blast Chiefs, 37-14, Advance to AFC Final | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...took place, in May 1990. There was barely a trace of the bags that had been so apparent under his eyes on TV the night before. He looked rested, smiled frequently, radiated energy, frequently karate-chopped the air or formed a fist to make a point, hooked his right thumb into his chest when referring to himself and several times rattled the china coffee cups in his vehemence. At one point, when describing how "the country is worried," he thrust his hands in the air like the victim of a stickup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Want to Stay the Course | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

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