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...Devoted to "hole-plugging" and the menstrual cycle, this 'zine faithfully waxes dŽclassŽ on a semesterly basis. Their tampon jokes are hilarious-for the whole two minutes it takes to skim and toss. After exhausting all subtleties involved in the monthly shedding of the endometrial layer, Tampoon editors regularly indulge in jealous bashing of popular, attractive Hollywood celebs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Groovy Train: Comp Report: Harvard Media | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

Take one fictional Ozzie-and-Harriet-like Irish-Catholic couple and their three teenagers. Put them through the crucible of the sexual and drug revolutions, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, women's lib, Watts and Woodstock. Then toss in newsreel footage of every conceivable major event that occurred during this tumultuous time. Now squeeze all this into a four-hour mini-series and try to tell a credible story. Ludicrous? Yet NBC pretty well manages the feat. Enacted by a solid cast and enhanced by a smartly used greatest-hits soundtrack, The '60s is clear-eyed, compassionate and surprisingly affecting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The '60s | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...toss and turn/ I can't sleep at night...oh, tainted love, tainted love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Older and Wiser, Monica Lewinsky Returns | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Members don't want to cede air time to witnesses, so they toss hand grenades disguised as questions. Representative Bill McCollum kept positing inaccurate details about one witness' life, using her as a prop to make his point, until she finally asked to be allowed to answer. But who has time for answers when members are determined to be home and rested for Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Impeachment: Our Nattering Nabobs | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

Perhaps it is better to describe what Elevator Music is, rather than what it isn't. Unfortunately, unlike the work of Gershwin, Koehne's piece is too fluffy to be lasting. Picture a tropical island. Now add a world-class orchestra. Ditch the tuxes and toss everyone a Hawaiian shirt or a mumu. Chant "ol‚, ol‚!" You get the idea...

Author: By Terri Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SYDNEY OL? (AU LAIT) | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

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