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Many viewers are probably wondering the same thing about talk-show hosts in the wake of a much publicized tragedy. Three days after appearing as a guest on the Jenny Jones show, Scott Amedure, 32, was shot to death in front of his trailer at a mobile-home park in Michigan. His alleged killer is John Schmitz, who had appeared on the same Jones segment. Schmitz was told he would be confronted by a "secret admirer"; the shock of discovering that the person who had a crush on him was a man, Schmitz told police later, had "eaten away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLAYING GET THE GUEST | 3/27/1995 | See Source »

Even among enthusiasts in Detroit, concerns about the basic premise of a smart car abound. "There is a potential problem with the customer if the car knows more than he does,'' says Ford's Hoen. "Do you want the car to stop you? What if a semi trailer is right behind you? Maybe you'd just want to pull off into the weeds instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMART'S THE WORD IN DETROIT | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...ground fell by a meter, judging by one grating that hung skewered atop a drain pipe high above the sunken surface. Worst of all, the groundslip destroyed the thick concrete perimeter wall, which rolled 45 and burst open a gap into the freight yards. Dozens of tractor-trailer trucks and shipping containers slid into the sea-washed breach. Behind the quay wall, strains tore apart the rails carrying dozens of four-legged cranes, behemoths that cost $10 million apiece. Some toppled over, and others were on their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PICKING UP THE PIECES | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...Thing Alive . And I'm Sick of Your Attitude." For that last, a fired McDonald's employee got into a shouting match with a customer over who dissed whom at the drive-up window. These are guests who come out of the vast expanse of anonymous Middle America, from trailer parks to ghettos, that TV has rarely shown so unvarnished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TALKING TRASH | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

...hands-on tests, the system rarely tests your patience. Click on a selection, and the network responds almost immediately. It feels "alive" -- almost too much so. Whatever category you select starts promoting itself immediately, pitching a product or showing a movie trailer. But if you don't like what you see, you can always move on. Hitting the "carousel" button, for example, takes you back to the main menu. There's also a handy "skip forward 10 minutes" button, which turned out to be perfect for finding Elle MacPherson's nude scenes in Sirens -- without having to sit through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Prime Time? | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

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