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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much deconstruction can one blond bear? Just about everyone has had a go at Marilyn Monroe. There have been more than 300 biographies, learned essays by Steinem and Kael, countless documentaries, drag queens, tattoos, Warhol silk screens and porcelain collector's dolls. Marilyn has gone from actress to icon to licensed brand name; only Elvis and James Dean have rivaled her in market share. At this point, she seems almost beyond comment, like Coca-Cola or Levi's. How did a woman who died a suicide at 36, after starring in only a handful of movies, become such an epic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Blond MARILYN MONROE | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Outside the office, Galeota was an avid coin collector and expert on ancient coins. He began his hobby as a small child in Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Galeota, Past Crimson Managing Ed., Dies at 50 | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Outside the office, Galeota was an avid coin collector and expert on ancient coins. He began his hobby as a small child in Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Galeota, Former Crimson Managing Editor, Dies at 50 | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...feel toward our ethnic Albanian brothers in Kosovo," he says. Indeed, just last month the farmer sank his entire life savings--$8--into an account to help collect food and supplies for Kosovo's refugees. In return, Bejadini was given a pistachio-colored receipt with no inscription of the collector's name or the purpose of the donation. The voucher--now neatly folded in four--holds pride of place in Bejadini's empty wallet, next to the picture of his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fighting Chance | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

Cher plays the leading role of Elsa, a wealthy American art collector whose ostentatious manner brings her into repeated conflict with Lady Hester (Maggie Smith), a paragon of English propriety. Cher endows with humor and depth her portrayal of Elsa's extravagance, selfless generosity, and naive trust...

Author: By Anne E. Wyman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zounds! Cher Goes Herbal | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

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