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This album is so of the moment, it's almost cocktail-party talk. The first thing I thought of while listening to Tunnel of Love was a conversation I had with a 38-year-old man I know who is at last getting married and settling down. (So what if it's with a 21-year-old recent graduate of this institution). We were talking about other friends of his who were moving in with their girlfriends or taking their vows. "It's in the air," he said. "Everybody who's in their 30's and should have gotten married...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Married in the U.S.A. | 10/13/1987 | See Source »

...getting around the recent crackdown on vodka by making moonshine at home, with sugar as a prime ingredient. Caught between low supplies and high demands, the Soviet housewife can hardly be blamed if her mood lately has been less than sweet -- especially if she likes to make a mean cocktail as well as a tasty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Those Sugar-Bowl Blues | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

Despite a few inconveniences, American retirees find a sunny paradise in Mexico. -- This summer' s fizziest cocktail? The Bellini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page August 24, 1987 | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

Along about sundown, the cocktail shakers begin their rumba-like rhythm. Knots of friends and neighbors, English speakers all, gather to gossip or reminisce. Then someone will raise a glass to their common good fortune. After all, not everyone can live in paradise, and not everyone wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Paradise, Down Mexico Way | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...their customers. They were not just blowing smoke. Since the ban went into effect, some bistro owners have lost up to 30% of their customers to restaurants in nearby towns that permit them to puff away at will. But there was a loophole in the smoke ring: bars and cocktail lounges were exempt from the law. Soon many of Beverly Hills' toniest dining spots were sporting makeshift signs proclaiming that they too were "bars." Customers who objected to the flouting of the law, which mandates a $500 fine for violations, were politely invited to call the cops themselves -- from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: Clearing The Air | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

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