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...Maybe Nerdspeak or Snobspeak, or even Paranoidspeak but not Coolspeak. Only about 10 people here are authentic blondes, and very few of them have either a tan or a surfboard. Consequently, when I see some pale, hairy organism loping out of the Science Center and telling some equally unfortunate companion about his "tubular" new vector conversion program, I am overcome by irony and grief...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Linguistic Liberties | 10/2/1986 | See Source »

...foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Freedom and the Media | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...strains of Sinatra's The Lady Is a Tramp. The critical favorite of the day: a navy blue cashmere evening dress ($998) that was far more clingy, streamlined and sensuous than any Lauren has dared before. Another hit: a paisley skirt in shimmering panne velvet ($698), a striking companion piece to a sedate wool jacket ($598). Said Lauren after the show: "It all came together. This is the best I've ever felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...last time he came, explained his daughter, Helen Guthrie Miller, "he fell asleep in the kitchen. The next morning he woke up screaming, 'Who's making all that goddam racket!' " Helen Guthrie Miller possesses a tart tongue herself, it turns out. When a woman companion at the recital boasted that because of aerobics, she has the pulse of a 25-year- old, Helen said, "Too bad you don't have a face to match." The Guthries speak their mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Montana: the Recital At Marge's House | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

Raisa Gorbachev has been an elegant companion on her husband Mikhail's visits to factories, farms and foreign countries. Now the wife of the Soviet leader is stepping out on her own. When she attended a Chinese embassy fashion show earlier this month, her visit was seen as a small but significant part of Moscow's efforts to improve relations with Peking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: High-Profile First Lady | 8/25/1986 | See Source »

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