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- <text id=91TT2809>
- <title>
- Dec. 16, 1991: Forward Spin
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Dec. 16, 1991 The Smile of Freedom
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 15
- Forward Spin
- </hdr><body>
- <p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
- </p>
- <p> DIAMOND RINGER
- </p>
- <p> The Mets had $29 million; the Pirates didn't. So Bobby
- Bonilla will play for the Mets at $37,275 a hit, more than most
- of the fans make in a year. Watch for higher popcorn prices at
- Shea.
- </p>
- <p> PERFORMANCE ART
- </p>
- <p> For the late-night show Studs, the women date the men,
- then appear on the air to critique their amorous talents.
- Contestants on Night Games demonstrate their seduction
- techniques live. Next, for the fitness crowd: Bedroom
- Gladiators.
- </p>
- <p> IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN
- </p>
- <p> Neil Young, the reigning king of feedback, is recording an
- acoustic album. So many rockers are forsaking electric guitars
- that MTV features their videos on a show called Unplugged.
- Expect a boom in kazoos.
- </p>
- <p> HAVE SOME CAKE
- </p>
- <p> To help a New York City charity collecting secondhand
- coats for the poor, Mayor David Dinkins donated an elegant
- cashmere number (estimated replacement value: $1,400). Maybe Dan
- Quayle could give his golf clubs to the homeless. David Duke
- could throw in some white satin sheets.
- </p>
- <p> SUDS
- </p>
- <p> Common sense and calorie consciousness have put a dent in
- beer sales. Miller Time gave way to near beer, lite beer, then
- dry beer. Next: tap water with a side order of organically
- grown hops.
- </p>
- <p> WORD WATCH
- </p>
- <p> "Apropos of nothing"--why does everyone keep starting
- sentences this way? People use this slapdash transition to jump
- from one thought to the next, their conversation tracking like
- a string of commercials. Warning: non sequiturs ahead.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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