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...appliances, some of which have complicated solid-state circuitry. The consumer today relies on powered handy-andies to perform the gamut of erstwhile manual chores: to carve, squeeze, blend, mix, whip, grind, toast, grill, simmer, brew, stew, waffle, percolate, fry, dry, polish, drill, sharpen, sweep, vacuum, brush, iron, comb, curl, open cans, close pores and answer the phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Small Appliances, Big Headache | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...years ago, on the way home for a funeral, I was lucky enough to find a whole half-car to myself. Curling up on a seat (a 5'11" person can curl up on those seats only to a limited degree due to the immobile plastic armrest, cleverly placed to minimize human contact), I began to read a book for Gov 10. Now any jock can tell you that the readings for that course are fairly heavy, requiring a great deal of concentration. I was really getting into it by the time the train wheezed into Route 128, and then...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Amtrak Blues | 3/14/1978 | See Source »

...Sholem Postel, acting director of Health Services, said Harvard students will naturally protect themselves from indigestion after turkey dinners because they "curl up and vegetate for a while...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Students Will Gobble Bird In Thanksgiving Day Rite | 11/23/1977 | See Source »

...never did. Not really. His later stage shows were full of intentional self-parody; he took to telling audiences "this lip used to curl easier." Of late he made his entrance at concerts to the thundering strains of Thus Spake Zarathustra. He could still rock out when he wanted to cut loose with a fine, jagged version of Hound Dog, but he seemed increasingly bored with his music and more absorbed in the lavish trappings of his own celebrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Last Stop on the Mystery Train | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

...along so well that they finished off six bottles of champagne between poses. Dolly, 31, who admires musclemen "for their spunk and endurance," was very impressed with Arnold. Arnold, 30, found Dolly "the nicest weight I have lifted in a long time." Says he: "I did a one-arm curl with her. She was about 110 Ibs., good resistance. My biceps felt very good after that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 15, 1977 | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

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