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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...telling the truth when I say I was not pleased that the off-yellow banana I bought last week bore a bright yellow sticker bearing the ABC logo along with the ostensibly ironic legend TV. ZERO CALORIES. I'm no food purist, and I know bananas are supposed to have stickers. But they're supposed to say chiquita, and that makes sense. Chiquita produces bananas. ABC produces the pasty mashed potato that is Dharma & Greg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Ads Subtract | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

Jewel's debut album was, truth be told, a little wan, a little precious, a little slight. It was enjoyable in large part because it came to you palms open, wide-eyed, innocent. Jewel's energy, her fire, her true worth came out during her live shows. Her performances on the traveling Lilith Fair showcased her talents and established her as a genuine phenomenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Super Tuesday! | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...have a problem with theological error," explains Bob Smithouser, who writes movie reviews for Plugged In, a publication of the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. His critique of What Dreams May Come complained that the movie's New Age conceits "fly in the face of biblical truth." As if Hollywood was ever faithful to a book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Takes a Meeting | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...good thing Smithouser hasn't seen Jack Frost yet. In this film, to be released next month, neglectful father Michael Keaton dies and comes back as a snowman so he can spend some quality time with his son. Surely this too flies in the face of biblical truth--not to mention the song Frosty the Snowman. I just hope Jack will have something more interesting to say than my old man. But I doubt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Takes a Meeting | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

Occupying a breathtaking spot on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic, Casa de Campo is one of the Caribbean's most storied resorts. It bills itself as "a hedonist's and sportsman's dream," and that's truth in advertising. The place has 14 swimming pools, a world-class shooting ground, PGA-quality golf courses and $1,000-a-night villas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: Sweet Deal | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

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