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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, of course. It is easy enough to get a solid fix on the R.-and-B. cornerstone of the band's music. It is the Was deviations on the form that require an off-road map. The CD and cassette versions of What Up, Dog? contain a nifty number called Wedding Vows in Vegas in which Frank Sinatra Jr. provides some very atmospheric vocalizing. Clearly, Was (Not Was) musical inspiration has deep roots in strange places. Nothing less should be expected from a couple of guys whose first taped effort was a Frank Zappa tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chocolate-Covered Razor Blades And other treats from a fun funk band | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

Researchers believe the latest findings could be due to errors in study design or interpretation. Moreover, the surveys may not be relevant to current pills. The reports contain data on women who took older formulations of oral contraceptives; today's tablets contain lower levels of sex hormones and are considered much safer. Most doctors remain convinced that the Pill's documented benefits far outweigh unproven risks. Women will have to decide for themselves whether they agree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: New Perils of the Pill? | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...offer a wider selection than is available in state stores. But not all rubles are created equal: a top Soviet bureaucrat can buy a food package that may include canned crab, high-quality cheese, imported hard salami and lean meat. For a factory worker, the package would more likely contain chicken, less desirable cheese, domestic sausage and canned fish. Even some of the artful dodges developed by resourceful shoppers over the years are proving unreliable in the current crisis. "I've always bought meat on the black market at a premium," says a well-off Moscow writer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Why the Bear's Cupboards Are Bare | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...much for the domino theory. Despite China's power to stalemate the Korean War, and the U.S. defeat in Viet Nam, capitalism has flourished in Asia -- a painful irony when one considers the price paid by successive American governments to contain the Commies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wind And Water | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...plastic garbage around, the most notorious is polystyrene foam. Besides helping clog landfills, some kinds of foam contain chlorofluorocarbons, which seep into the atmosphere and deplete the ozone layer. But this month two companies that have already removed CFCs from their production process -- Mobil Chemical, a subsidiary of the oil company, and Genpak, a food-packaging manufacturer -- will open the first plant in the U.S. to recycle polystyrene foam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECYCLING: Don't Trash That Foam | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

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