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...Harkin at a breakfast for 1,500 liberal Democratic farmers and senior citizens in Moline, Ill. Harkin rolled up his working-class sleeves, quoted from the Old Testament and Abe Lincoln, and with drawling, oratorically expert highs and lows, hammered away at the Bush Administration on bread-and-butter issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats Strong Message, Wrong Messenger | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...bargain price for many Muscovites, who are flooding into the provinces to do their shopping. Annoyed at the sudden influx from neighboring regions, officials in Krasnodar set up customs posts on roads out of the territory and instructed local authorities to search visitors passing and to confiscate meat, butter and other scarce supplies. The government in Moscow ordered the draconian measures to cease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Unmerry Christmas | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

...superpower rather than a patchwork quilt of fledgling states reduced to begging for help. If Yeltsin and the democrats cannot soon bring about an economic turnaround, Russians who now wait patiently in lines may demand any kind of government that will give them bread. In addition to milk, butter and meat, another vital item is in short supply these days -- and it is one that no foreigners can provide: hope for the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Unmerry Christmas | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

Tougher than Slim Jim and smoother than butter, the Harvard Din & Tonics took a not-quite-near-capacity Saturday night Sanders Theater crowd to the a capella mountaintop. With skilled solos, snappy ensembles and assured stage presence, the Dins laid to rest any doubts that their performances would be on the blink at the Dins on the Blink...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Tougher Than Slim Jim | 11/22/1991 | See Source »

...since it will only work if every Dunsterite lays down the peanut butter traps for six weeks in a row, maybe some house-bonding will result from the season's ant-slaying fest...

Author: By Allan S. Galper, | Title: Anti-Ant PB&J | 11/20/1991 | See Source »

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