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...Lundegaard (William H. Macy) needs a lot of cash, so he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife for the ransom money. But these guys aren't smooth criminals; they go nuts trying to put on a galosh or scrape the ice off their windshield. Two incompetent murders later, police chief Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) commences her investigation. And the bad guys get the frozen sweats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: SWEDE 'N' SOUR | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

...Lundegaard (William H. Macy) needs a lot of cash, so he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife for the ransom money. But these guys aren't smooth criminals; they go nuts trying to put on a galosh or scrape the ice off their windshield. In the end, though, "'Fargo' is all attitude and low aptitude," Corliss notes. "Its function is to italicize the Coens' giddy contempt toward people who talk and think Minnesotan."Are you in a dispute with a company over a piece of software or electronic equipment that doesn't quite work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME DIGITAL OMBUDSMAN: | 3/8/1996 | See Source »

McLaughlin was unable to reenter his original lane and collided with the Ford Explorer, according to the source. The windshield popped out upon impact, shattering glass in the street...

Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: M. Hockey Drops Beanpot; Sunday Car Crash Hurts 5 | 2/6/1996 | See Source »

SKIERS KNOW THE SOUND. IT'S LIKE AN ice scraper cutting through the glaze on a windshield, only it gets louder and louder, and it is accompanied by the whoops and wails of the truly possessed. Upon hearing it, the smart skier moves off to the side of the trail. He or she knows that an avalanche of snowboarders is coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIUMPH OF HATED SNOWBOARDERS | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

...Orleans is also learning what other cities have discovered when they moved more officers away from the patrol-car policing that limited them to 911 emergency-response calls. The lesson: face-to-face contact between cops and the people they work among, with no windshield in between, helps to restore trust. For a city like New Orleans, which has recently seen some spectacular instances of police corruption, that is an invaluable side benefit. "I felt better almost as soon as the police moved in," says Brenda Holmes, who lives at Desire, the New Orleans housing project with the most poignant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: LAW AND ORDER | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

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