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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although Close's portrayal should be enough to entertain older audiences, there are a few clever concepts thrown into the film. This version of "101 Dalmatians" has been updated to the nineties, so that Cruella is a fashion mogul with a large corporation and Roger designs video games. In the movie, Roger is working on a game featuring Dalmatians, but he cannot find the perfect villain for his creation until he meets De Vil, whose dementia serves as a twisted inspiration...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: Devil's Dementia Serves as Twisted Inspiration For Disney's New Live-Action '101 Dalmatians' | 12/6/1996 | See Source »

...entirely conceivable; those feelings aren't unknown to me. In fact, I would be surprised if more than a small minority of Harvard students were entirely comfortable in their intellectual skin. I like to call it the "I'm the mistake" syndrome--that anxious, ephemeral pang we all entertain for a moment and then dismiss, only to feel guilty that we seriously entertained...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: The Toll Of Ambition | 11/22/1996 | See Source »

...must devote its resources to student services," Rawlins said. "To the extent that this limits our ability to entertain the campus...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: Haynes, Kaplan Enter U.C. Race | 11/19/1996 | See Source »

...deal, see? It was clear Perot wasn't going to get into the debates and if he had, he would have been an equal-opportunity destroyer. What a waste for Dole to be the one to block it. After that, Perot would have to be crazy to entertain Dole's proposal that he drop out of the race, which may be why Dole gave it a whirl. It played out badly for Dole when he sent a mere campaign functionary and a leak allowed Perot to garner more press attention than he had since he started. What a dang fool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RULES FROM 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

...Suicide Alley, a nihilist's jaunty march, shares Sunny's glums: "I wasn't born, I was spat out at a wall...on the corner of First and Insane." In If I Were Brave, Colvin brings the alienation home, to the singer on the stage, "a clown to entertain the happy couples." But these open wounds are swathed in lovely melodies. Colvin may feel isolated in her art, but her CD has the breakthrough goods. She won't be too hip for the big room much longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: IRONIC, DON'TCHA THINK? | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

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