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Evidence of the Hiss Joke as early as the Stone Age has been unearthed by acheologists. Apparently, Cro-Magnon lecturers would talk about buffalo hides or something, and if they ever mentioned our rival species, which at the time was the emu I believe, all the little Cro-Magnons would hiss and then laugh long and hard into the starry night...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Stop, Before It's Too Late | 12/15/1986 | See Source »

Seriously, Berke, I expect more from you. What happened to the idealism of the Meadow Party convention. Cutter John would turn his his grave if he saw that strip, and Milo certainly wouldn't stand for it. Make fun of conservatives and progressives alike--that's great. But facile Cro-magnan stereotypes are not fun, they're offensive...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: A Step Backward | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...earth barriers built around it in a triangular pattern. Within this wedge would be monument-like markers, as durable and detectable as England's Stonehenge monoliths. These structures would bear triangular warning symbols or cartoons as simple in design as the 17,000-year-old cave drawings by Cro-Magnon man in France. One proposed sequence of drawings: three human figures stand by a dump site; one of them drinks from a bubbling well and falls dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warning Signals | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...Splash, Actress Daryl Hannah, 23, made waves by playing a girl who was part human, part fish. For her next role, Hannah has moved up a few rungs on the evolutionary ladder. In The Clan of the Cave Bear, now filming in northwestern Canada, Hannah portrays a young Cro-Magnon girl adopted by a tribe of less developed Neanderthals. Based on Jean Auel's bestselling novel, the movie, due next summer, will strive for authenticity, a fact that Hannah finds chilling. "They drop us in the middle of a glacier, and we're dressed in skins." Hannah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 3, 1984 | 9/3/1984 | See Source »

...sparkling wine used for the toasts (Schramsberg Crémant Demi-sec 1981) lacked luster. But the California red (Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon 1978) was a western rainbow, smooth and joyous. The beef farci en croũte was a might overdone, but the candy sculpture of birds and flowers (all edible) that decorated the dessert servings was exquisite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Talking Peace and Pork Chops | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

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