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...READY FOR SOME IRREVERENT, down-and-dirty TV satire, promises the new ABC sitcom THE JACKIE THOMAS SHOW. Created by TV's terror couple, Roseanne and Tom Arnold, the show revolves around the egotistical star (Tom Arnold) of a network sitcom. But it is surprisingly conventional and toothless. Staffers quake at the mere thought of a meeting with Jackie, but he turns out to be an easily manipulated dunce. The inside-TV humor is too familiar, as are the supporting players (Martin Mull, Alison LaPlaca). Even Arnold's performance has the whiff of a recycled Dave Thomas character from SCTV...
...second resolution that passed unanimously, the council demanded that all authorities in the former Yugoslavia open their detention centers for international inspection. This measure is also toothless, threatening no action if camp guards refuse to open the gates. (See related story on page...
...success," said Penalosa, "because for the first time we are alerting the planet that development is not necessarily good if it sacrifices future generations." Others took the line that the summit's battered compromise agreements represented first steps that could be built upon in the future -- just as the toothless 1985 Vienna Convention set the stage for later tougher agreements establishing timetables for the phaseout of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbon...
...first episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, battles gringos, champions the poor and makes inspiring speeches about the land. Yet his followers are an unsavory bunch who steal food from the peasants they are fighting to protect. "In a revolution, it's people who suffer," sighs a toothless old man whose chicken has been snatched. "All over the world, revolutions come and go. Presidents rise and fall. They all steal your chickens...
...lost opportunities in the global marketplace will eventually persuade the Bush Administration to be more | forthcoming. But what will emerge from the Rio deliberations is still very much up in the air. Barbara Bramble, an official at the National Wildlife Federation, argues that even if the Earth Summit produces toothless principles, it will still have the effect of shaping environmental agendas for everybody, from the U.N. to ordinary citizens groups. The question is whether the bureaucratic timetable and that of the biosphere will match...