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...memorized the lyrics to "Purple Rain" and would spontaneously break into groaning, lascivious song as we trailed my mother down the supermarket aisles: "Thiiyiss iswhatitsoundslike...when duuvs cry..." We were an embarrasment...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Dig This Fluffy, Funky Groove | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

Which is why it is such a disappointment to see this year's truly awful coverage. at first I thought I was just being picky. Then I started hearing complaints from friends, relatives, supermarket clerks--even my dentist...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: NBC's Barcelona Coverage Fails to Inspire | 8/4/1992 | See Source »

Usually I disagree with the accusation that the media exaggerates bad news and ignores good news. But in this case, I have to go along with the assessment of a deli counter worker at my local supermarket: "It's hard to believe, but it's like they enjoy showing people fall...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: NBC's Barcelona Coverage Fails to Inspire | 8/4/1992 | See Source »

Many of the souvenir and refreshment stands in Madison Square Garden were converted to press information centers or security stations for the convention. The dearth of food stands, combined with the 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. convention sessions, resulted in scenes that resembled a Russian supermarket...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: New York Diary | 7/17/1992 | See Source »

...heroine of Superlady truly lives up to her name. A single mother who works in a supermarket, she struggles to support four children while coping with a horde of distractions: a crazy ex-husband who thinks he is being attacked by cosmic rays, a girlfriend who shows up on her doorstep (with kids) to take refuge from a violent lover, a government bureaucracy that takes away her housing allowance the minute she earns a little extra income. This made- for-TV movie has more authentic feminist spirit than Murphy Brown, more realism and heart than The Days and Nights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Americans Never See | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

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