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This isn't to say that the movie doesn't have its humorous moments. In one scene, Jake helps a police officer get his estranged girlfriend back by composing a song "Oh Marjorie," sung to the tune of "Oh Christmas tree." The sight of the officer bleating out the song in a steak joint as livestock baa in the background is silly (and desperate) enough to be mildly amusing. Still, it's the sort of scene that you know has been done before--a feeling we seem to get often; a class nerd gets shoved into a locker, carollers disperse...

Author: By Irene J. Hahn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEE'S JOHNNY | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...think the best thing about the speech wasthe reassur[ance] that although Mandela is a greatleader, he's only one apple from a tree that hasmany other apples and deep roots," said AndersenC. Fisher '99, using Sonn's metaphor...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ambassador Sonn Lauds Mandela | 12/3/1998 | See Source »

According to a fact list published by the National Christmas Tree Association, more than 33 million trees were sold in the United States last year, raised by an estimated 15,000 Christmas tree growers...

Author: By Christopher C. Pappas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cantabrigians Begin Christmas Tree Hunt | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...from Big Coon Creek, near the town of Skyline, in northeastern Alabama, Cedric Stephens, 13, and his father wait for two hours on a mountainside, leaning against a hardwood tree in a misting rain. Miserable hunting. Just as they are about to give it up, Cedric sees antlers coming toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Hunt? | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...Husband Skied into a Tree, so She Took His Job, Changed Her Hair and Tried to Impeach the President. This hypothetical song title may sound crass, but don't be surprised if it's the next hit for country star Brian Prout, of the band Diamond Rio, Congresswoman MARY BONO's new boyfriend. For a person with no prior political experience, Bono has generated some of D.C.'s juiciest headlines. Her latest jaw dropper comes from an interview she granted political rag TV Guide, in which she claims her late husband's addiction to prescription pain killers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 30, 1998 | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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