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...imposing as the Kremlin or as grandly situated as the White House. But the sturdy brick house at No. 10 Downing Street has been the official home to British Prime Ministers since 1735. On the occasion of No. 10's 250th anniversary, the present occupant, Margaret Thatcher, 60, was hostess to her Queen, whom she welcomed with a deep curtsy, and to her five living predecessors: Lord Stockton, formerly Harold Macmillan, 91; Lord Home, ne Alec Douglas-Home, 82; Lord Wilson, once just Harold, 69; Edward Heath, 69; and James Callaghan, 73. After dinner, Queen Elizabeth, 59, joked that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 16, 1985 | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

Dogg's Hamlet opens with Abel, played by Fouad Onbargi, and Baker, played by Jeffrey Wise, throwing a football and yelling "Brick!" at each other. The boys' teacher Dogg, played by Andrew Watson, soon appears, calling them to order, and the audience hears its first conversation in Dogg. The dialogue is rendered intelligible only by the actors' movements, but eventually bits and pieces of the language are made clear with the help of Easy, a mover played by Amos Gelb, who speaks normal English...

Author: By M. ELISABETH Bentel, | Title: Clever Language Games | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

Room Service: original old advertising for hotels and resorts, The Nostalgia Factory, Brick Market Place, Newport, Rhode Island, through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: November 14-20 | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...everyone now--that people shopping at Bean's might cross the street to do some more shopping--became obvious to Denney in 1982, when he opened a factory outlet for his shoes in what had been a Western Auto store on Main Street. "You know, we put in brick walks, natural oak interiors and carpeting. We spent over $150,000 just doing the interior of the store. I acquired two adjoining buildings and rehabbed those and put in six retail stores." And how well are they doing? "Extremely well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maine: the Offspring of L.L. Bean | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

Main Street probably looks better than it ever did, except to those who remember it a long time ago before the elms died and the brick buildings got that worn-down look. Even the McDonald's is top of the line, located in an old house so tastefully redone that a critic of the fast development, John McGivaren, says of it, "If one has to have a McDonald's in one's neighborhood, this is probably the best one. They've done a magnificent job appearance-wise." His wife Barbara doesn't mind the look of the place either. However...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maine: the Offspring of L.L. Bean | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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