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...stiff antismoking laws took effect in late 1992, people girded for some of the nastiest civil unrest since the storming of the Bastille. Smokers, who represent more than one-third of all Frenchmen over age 12, cried "Egalite! Liberte!" and vowed to puff on. They should have saved their breath for the next cigarette. Despite laws that severely restrict the number of public places where French smokers are allowed to puff their Gauloises, they continue to light up with impunity virtually everywhere. Designated nonsmoking areas in offices and restaurants are routinely ignored, as are curbs in public transport stations: butts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Need a Place to Puff? Hint: Grab Your Passport | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

...wonderful features of the new plan. Currently students enjoy Columbus and Veterans Days, welcome respites from the monotony of the fall term. These islands of sanity amid a sea of midterm exams allow students to catch up on a problem set or a paper, or just catch their breath. The new calendar would bring no vacation until Thanksgiving, which would remain a two-day recess. Yale and Penn at least have either a week off for Thanksgiving or two days of fall break in October...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Judgment Daze | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

...propose a national theme song for the new Clipper Chip, to be sung to the tune of Every Breath You Take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clipper | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

...second of the scenes also contains two smooth dance numbers with undulating gypsy maidens and simulated bullfights. Joel Derfner's acrobatic performance as the riotously poker-faced bullfighter Piquillo is executed without missing a beat (or a breath) in the midst of his vocal performance as Gaston...

Author: By Jefferson Packer, | Title: Magnum Opera Stops the Show | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...into a more driven, guitar-buoyed section. Written from the point of view of an obsessive fan, with lyrics that are both erotic and slightly frightening, her voice breaks as she declares, "You speak to me in riddles and you speak to me in rhyme/ My body aches to breathe your breath, your words keep me alive," a perfect contrast to the calmer, more controlled elements of the song. In the vein of "Into the Fire," McLachlan's hit off of her second album Solace, the song is just as beautiful in the extra, acoustic version included...

Author: By Diane E. Levitan, | Title: Ecstatic Fumbling | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

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