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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Austin's goofy antics appealed to youngsters who appreciate anyone who's good at behaving badly (in a PG-13 way, of course) and to grownups who wish they could. Soon after the video was released, catchphrases like "Shagadelic!" and "Oh, behave!" caught on in schoolyards and trendy cocktail lounges alike. "I can't walk past a construction site without having 'Fancy a shag?' yelled at me," says Elizabeth Hurley, who co-starred in the first film and has a cameo in the sequel. Laughs Roach: "So many women have blamed us for giving men pickup lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Austin's Power | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...killed by the same leopard, Sabor; the grieving gorilla mother Kala (voiced by Glenn Close) discovers the humans' corpses and their living child; she saves the child from Sabor and decides to rear the human as her own; Kala's mate Kerchak (Lance Henriksen) gruffly, suspiciously accedes to her wish. All this--basically, the start of Robinson Crusoe and the Moses story--is told in a few minutes, with the deftest narrative brushstrokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Him Tarzan, Him Great | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...succession and foretold the dissolution of the power of royalty. He made a radio broadcast, one of the most famous public declarations of love in history: "I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Love Was The Adventure | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

When Otto first saw us after the war, he showed us the book. "Look what I've got. I've got Anne's diary." And when he read a few pages, he would start to cry. He would say, "I wish I had known how she felt about that." He had no intention of publishing it. But a friend of his, a history professor, convinced him it was a wonderful document of the period. After much soul searching, Otto decided to do it. He took out things he thought hurtful to people--and five pages where Anne writes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After The War: The Travails Of Otto Frank | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Most anti-abortion activists do not condone these acts, however many of the major anti-abortion groups do not condemn them either. If opponents of abortion rights wish to give their movement any integrity, they must eliminate the violent elements which now conduct terrible acts under their banner. March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YEAR IN REVIEW | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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