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Santa gave Drew Golden a shotgun when he was six. The home video of Drew as a tot, rushing to the backyard shooting range, has been played again and again, serving as metaphor and explanation, the macho little-boy equivalent of the dolled-up kindergarten beauty queen. Frontiersboy Drew learned to bait hooks and scope out prey with his father and grandfather, developing a taste for the chili cooked up after a successful deer hunt. He had a keen eye, improving his marksmanship at a shooting range and his reflexes at the video consoles of Wal-Mart and the local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hunter And The Choirboy | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

When substances this potent hit the sensory systems of a relatively unsophisticated animal, they pack a big behavioral wallop. Pheromones emitted by queen bees prevent other females from maturing sexually, ensuring that the queen's genes remain dominant. Among fish, scent markers released by females cause male sperm counts to quintuple overnight. When injured by a predator, some amphibians emit a compound that warns others of their species to keep out of harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Following Our Noses | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

Some Jews and non-Jews who admittedly employ stereotypes argue that they are not offensive, only humorous. However, the stereotypical Jewish mother--although endearing--is essentially not a `good mother,' and the traditional J.A.P. image is more an Ivana Trump distortion of consummerism than an indulged beauty queen...

Author: By Pam Wasserstein, | Title: More Than Words | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

SHOULD WINMoore belongs on anyone's list of the five best actresses working today. In Boogie Nights, she finds not only the urgent maternalism but the delicacy of a porn industry queen. Don't try this at home...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, | Title: OSCAR PICKS 1998 | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

...greets naked girlfriend of boy for the first time in boy's room. Mother manipulates birth control so that son can give her a grandchild. Mother pleads helpless to get the son to move back home so that she can be near him--and can off the offending new queen bee as soon as she delivers...

Author: By Shatema A. Threadcraft, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wait for Re-runs of Southern Gothic Soap Opera | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

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