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...itself is busy with a festival marking the last day of the Buddhist Lent. A monk in yellow sits cross-legged on a table, while children crouched in a circle burn incense. The smoke is supposed to fly to heaven in order to beckon their ancestors to descend and join them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Embracing the Executioner | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

...Texans call R. and I.-ranching and investments. In a few minutes, 125 guests are scheduled to arrive for a dinner in Mimi's honor given by Gene Bishop, an old family friend and chairman of the Mercantile Texas Corp. Then, after dinner, another 1,200 people will descend on the club for the ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Dallas: Mimi Makes Her Debut | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

Professional leads will join another Harvard chorus this weekend as the Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Society sings as chorus to the London Savoyards, a prestigious G&S ensemble on tour from England. After a Friday night engagement in Worcester, the Savoyards will descend on Sanders Theater (or theatre, depending on your loyalties) to perform selections from eight different operettas...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Breaks From Tradition | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

...inflation eases off, then housing prices may descend iron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Downsizing an American Dream | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...knows why testicular cancer is increasing-or indeed why it strikes. It appears most frequently among white middle-and upper-class men. Two groups run 40 times the normal risk of developing the disease: men with a testicle that failed to descend from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum, a lapse that normally occurs during development of the fetus; and men with a testicle that descended only after they were six years old. Preliminary studies suggest that undescended testicles may be more frequent in boys born to women who received the hormone diethylstilbestrol, or DES, during pregnancy. The hormone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Testes Test | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

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