But ratings slid, and he returned after only one month. : Andy Rooney is suspended from CBS's '60 Minutes' for three months after suggesting that blacks were less intelligent because they 'watered down their genes.' Previously he had offended homosexuals by commenting that gay sex led to premature deaths.

2 Not Even a Contender: The Philadelphia Museum of Art insists that an 800-pound, 8 1/2-foot bronze sculpture of Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa be removed from its plaza after the filming of 'Rocky V' winds up. 21 You Say Lambada, I Say Lumbago: Kaoma, the group that has sold four million copies of its single, 'The Lambada,' tours the country, setting off the most hyped - and least danceable - disco craze since Da Butt. Producers plan instead to revive the original 'Annie' on Broadway, but Miss Hannigan's had it: Dorothy Loudon, who created the role, pulls out. 15 No Tomorrow: The $7 million production of 'Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge' flops on the road.

14 Pas de Misha: American Ballet Theater celebrates its 50th year with a gala at the Metropolitan Opera House notably absent is the former artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov, who had resigned in a dispute with the company's board. 10 The Bloom Is Off: Alan Bond, the Australian entrepreneur who had bought van Gogh's 'Irises' for a record $53.9 million in 1987, puts the painting back on the market.

9 Un Bel Helicopter: Cameron Mackintosh says he can't find a theater in New York big enough for his new musical 'Miss Saigon,' a retelling of the Madame Butterfly story set in Vietnam, in which a chopper lands on the stage. There Is No Net: California Superior Court orders Paramount to pay Art Buchwald for an idea that became the Eddie Murphy film 'Coming to America.' Showing more originality in bookkeeping than in screenwriting, Paramount claimed a net loss of $18 million for a film that grossed over $275 million, and concluded that it owed Buchwald nothing. 8 All About Deb: Jane Pauley is replaced by the younger, blonder, bubblier Deborah Norville on NBC's 'Today' show, and America begins to tune out in droves. What follows is a highly selective calendar of the year's most memorable moments - and a few best forgotten. Jesse Helms took on Robert Mapplethorpe, Florida went after the 2 Live Crew, and Broadway wondered whether 'Miss Saigon' would be bygone.

This was, after all, the year of passing fancies: 'Twin Peaks' peaked, Milli Vanilli melted, and the lambada proved to be an NC-17 version of the Hula-Hoop.

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