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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...often built on the backs of people who suffered off-screen. Forrest had bankrupt shrimpers, martyred Vietnam buddies, and his wife, whose death was remarkably demure, considering her ailment. Reagan scored points off America's poor; somehow managed to cloak himself in heroism while apologizing for a needless screw-up that killed 241 U.S. servicemen in Beirut; and avoided tarnishing his reputation for optimism by spending too much time on AIDS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forrest Gump Is Dumb | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

...show up to do the pitching. That's the enduring glory of baseball -- it has survived war, fixed games, the Depression, racial segregation, beer commercials and artificial turf. A sign held aloft at Yankee Stadium last week said it all: THE GAME IS PERFECT. IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO SCREW IT UP. So even as sad-eyed fans brace for a season or two sabotaged by strike, there is comfort to be found. After all, it's only 18 short months until pitchers and catchers report for 1996 spring training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: Bummer of '94 | 8/22/1994 | See Source »

...callous hardcore pornographic films of today, Wishman's soft-core films are low-budget portraits of odd balls which happen to involve sex. These films were originally shown in art houses and drive-ins. And I can see why. I'm sure all anyone would do while watching, is screw...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: Harvard Welcomes the Uncrowned | 8/12/1994 | See Source »

...Paramount, Brian Roberts killed himself to support Barry. He worked the phones, he worked the press, he worked the investment community; he was an extremely loyal and effective ally in Barry's biggest battle. When a guy does that and the next thing you do is turn around and screw him, it seems to me he's entitled to better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can This Man Get a Job? | 7/25/1994 | See Source »

Jones is passable in a evil, juicy, bombtoting role that would be hard to screw up. He does instill a sense of fear in the audience, although it may be born out of sympathy for his career direction after "Blown Away" rather than actual terror...

Author: By Ted Mulkerin, | Title: If It Were Only Blown Away | 7/1/1994 | See Source »

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