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...them great happiness. I thought of other things I cannot name. Then I thought of my mother, 89, her once fine and witty mind assaulted by Alzheimer's but otherwise, and cruelly, in excellent health. I thought of her sitting on a beach under a striped umbrella holding a vanilla ice-cream cone, while I, at a distance, built a fort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ONLY DISCONNECT | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...arrived, for better or worse, as an acceptable romance story, set against a beautifully done backdrop of a world war. But notably absent from this picture is any bona fide sense of Hemingway, as O'Donnell and Sandra Bullock with somewhat disturbing success dilute and plain-vanilla the story into submission...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: O'Donnell Too Small for Hemingway's Shoes | 1/30/1997 | See Source »

...each year and which I always believe students do not get riled up enough about, and thus they resurface. While the acquisition of a frozen yogurt machine is always something students can get together on and sign petitions about (don't get me wrong, I love a little French vanilla and Dutch chocolate after every meal myself), I don't see this kind of excitement and dedication for more important issues such as the reconstruction of the advising system at this school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Fond Look Back | 5/10/1996 | See Source »

...Dole hails from rural Kansas, where they put a star next to vanilla ice cream on the menu, denoting "Hot and Spicy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Looking Glass: THE PEPCID PRIMARY | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...That CD and its 1992 follow-up Now Is the Time consisted mostly of Paula Abdul-esque melodies and merciless drum machines--the kind of soulless pop one might play during an aerobic workout on the Love Boat. During this pop-lite phase, Morissette also opened for pseudo-rapper Vanilla Ice in a 1991 concert and appeared with Brat Packish actor Corey Haim in the 1993 Fox-TV comedy Just One of the Girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: ALANIS MORISSETTE: YOU OUGHTA KNOW HER | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

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