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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under the supervision of Scott County Attorney Kathleen Morris, the number of arrests for alleged child sexual abuse grew. Fear spread through the once tranquil community. Children related detailed incidents of sodomy, incest and bestiality. One young girl reported being forced to eat a cat and a pet gerbil, "fur and all." A ten-year-old boy said he was kidnaped and driven to a party where whip-wielding women in see-through clothes forced him into sexual acts with other children and adults that were photographed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disturbing End of a Nightmare | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

Willie, played by John Furie who looks like a slurp personified, is utterly self-absorbed. Saturated in American comforts (like TV dinners: "this is the way we cat in America. I got my meat, I got my potatoes, I got my vegetable and my desert. And I don't even gotta do the dishes.") Barely fighting the law of inertia, he always seems earnestly preoccupied with doing absolutely nothing. Eddie, Willie's sidekick, is defined by his lack of a personality. He capitulates to whomever speaks the loudest (usually gravel-voiced Willie) and even looks like a watercolor version...

Author: By Susan Morris, | Title: Where's the Beach? | 2/15/1985 | See Source »

...standard-size vacuum cleaner, squatting in countless American closets, is a veritable symbol of drudgery. But now there is a little vac hanging on the wall, designed just to clean up the spilled potting soil and the scattered cat litter. It is the Dustbuster, and its phenomenal success is dramatically changing the fortunes of its maker, Black & Decker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketbuster: The vac that roared | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...hangar Ray was loading the plane. Four dozen eggs. A case of Old Milwaukee. A case of Budweiser. A roll of roofing tar paper. Cat Chow. Meow Mix. Grape-Nuts flakes. Bread. A broom. "Some of them out there are brand conscious," Carol said. "Some are quality conscious. Some you just know what to get. One cat at the Allison ranch, for instance, won't eat anything but Purina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Idaho: Living Outside of Time | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

...CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Showtime). Jessica Lange was a sizzling Maggie and Rip Torn an offbeat Big Daddy in this lively and well-directed (by Jack Hofsiss) classic. TV's finest posthumous tribute to Tennessee Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Best of 1984: Video | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

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