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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Exactly how badass and hard-rocking a dude is MICHAEL BOLTON? After a sweaty, gut-wrenching, hair-flinging concert, what does he like to knock back? A Red Zinger or Lemon Zinger tea, apparently. Or Cherry 7-Up and Raspberry Ginger Ale. And when he gets a hankering for something harder, he pops peanut M&Ms. We know this courtesy of Australian concert promoter Michael Coppel, who's suing Bolton for allegedly backing out of a deal to tour that country for $1.2 million, and who thoughtfully included a list of Bolton's backstage demands in his court papers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...ages, from Bob Dole to Macaulay Culkin (who gave I don't think so its big push by uttering it twice in the top box-office hit of 1990, Home Alone). The militia code name for a possible counterattack on the feds? "Project Worst Nightmare." The would-be zinger in the G.O.P.'s last-minute ads warning against Democratic control of both Congress and the White House? "Been there, done that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YADDA, YADDA, YADDA | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...take cake decorating seriously, who will? Dominique Browning, editor in chief of the relaunched House & Garden, due to debut this fall, says Martha's dominance derives from the fact that "she's bossy, she knows what's good for us." It's come to pass that the universal zinger for a household shortfall is, "That's not how Martha would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 25: THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM 31 TO 67 | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

...California is tragic, but the promise of its "Dream" still beckons many toward its sunny coasts. So, stop feeling sorry for us. Hit me with your best anti-California zinger. I like it that...

Author: By Jay Kim, | Title: Alive and Well in California | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...Liberals think it's about sexual harassment. Conservatives are sure it's about intellectual terrorism. Even Playbill splits the difference: half the front covers put a bull's-eye on the haughty college professor, the other half on his dim, dogmatic female student. Playwright David Mamet's off-Broadway zinger holds a mirror up to muddled modern life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best of 1992 | 1/4/1993 | See Source »

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