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- <title>
- Feb. 17, 1992: Forward Spin
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Feb. 17, 1992 Vanishing Ozone
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 19
- FORWARD SPIN
- </hdr><body>
- <p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Wendy Cole
- </p>
- <p>GAVEL RATINGS
- </p>
- <p> Court TV is in clover with the Tyson and Dahmer trials
- running simultaneously, but get set for the encore: Charles
- Manson's parole hearings begin in about two weeks, along with
- opening testimony in the Rodney King case. In April, Court TV
- hopes to cover the trials of the Soviet coupsters.
- </p>
- <p>STABLE THINKING
- </p>
- <p> Bag Balm, a salve for milk cows with, ah, dry skin, has
- become a popular hand cream. Recently a blacksmith and a chemist
- on New York's Long Island discovered that Dry Hoof Solution, a
- horse medication, strengthens nails. Coming soon as an outlet
- for such products: Barn-Mart.
- </p>
- <p>AGING AMERICA BLUES
- </p>
- <p> Couples in wedding announcements are getting older. Now an
- academic study reports dispassionately that Playboy centerfolds
- are slowly aging (from 20.3 years in 1954 to 22.3 in 1989).
- Don't ask about college grads.
- </p>
- <p>HOLLYWOOD LOGIC
- </p>
- <p> Dances with Wolves (running time: three hours, 10 minutes)
- won seven Oscars, so naturally everyone started making longer
- movies: JFK (three hours, eight minutes), Bugsy (2:15), Grand
- Canyon (2:15) and Hook (2:11). Next: Malcolm X (3+). Go for the
- giant popcorn and jumbo soft drinks.
- </p>
- <p>PRODUCT CORNER
- </p>
- <p> Toymakers are selling nostalgia and reality themes--sometimes together. Hasbro is bringing back the original
- foot-high G.I. Joe. Today he speaks Chinese and Arabic and wears
- Desert Storm fatigues. Watch for a Saddam doll that won't quit.
- </p>
- <p>ELECTION CALENDAR
- </p>
- <p> In 1988 Gary Hart went aground on the Monkey Business. In
- 1992, just when voters are hoping there are no more Gennifers
- out there, Chinese New Year brings the Year of the Monkey.
- Coincidence? Think again.
- </p>
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