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...scramble to find further variations on the love-show formula has strained producers' ingenuity. In A Perfect Score, on CBS's late-night schedule, a contestant is presented with three prospective dates. The twist is that the candidates are interrogated by three of his or her friends. Their questions are relatively serious and to the point: "Jackie has two children. How do you feel about an instant family?" The problem is that Jackie is onstage listening to everything; why doesn't she just choose the guy herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Game Shows Get Gamier | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

That mouth, impish or hellacious, is where Whoopi Goldberg goes one up on the world. Twist it, she's a funny little troll. Smile like the Queen of Sheba, she is the Queen of Sheba, a knee-weakening beauty (don't doubt it; like Meryl Streep, who's also less than a stunner, Whoopi can play beauty). Shove out her jaw, she's a bad-mouth male junkie -- yeah, name's Fontaine, attitude's his game, what's your problem? Flash that 82-toothed thousand- watter, time to watch your wallet. Smile shyly, she's a little kid, you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Joy of Being Whoopi Goldberg | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

...schedule the faculty and students ourselvesto make them get together," says John W. Zarker,interim director of the center. "We twist theirarms and get them there...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Face in the Yard | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

...schedule the faculty and students ourselvesto make them get together," says John W. Zarker,interim director of the center. "We twist theirarms and get them there...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Face in the Yard | 9/16/1992 | See Source »

...hilarious mock-documentary Bob Roberts, Robbins argues that '90s anomie is the flip side of '60s idealism -- the perky music, so to speak, without the hammer-of-justice lyrics. The perfect candidate for this era of moral confusion would be a millionaire folk singer, a charismatic opportunist who can twist Woody Guthrie into Pat Buchanan by warbling, "This land was made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Man For the '90s | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

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