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The book is praised by critics and wins a literary prize, but Muslims find some of the passages offensive. Soon there are threats, protests, demonstrations, riots in scattered places -- India, South Africa, the Asian quarters of British cities. India bans the book to avoid sectarian violence, and is soon followed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunted by An Angry Faith | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

Jeff says he would never be freeze-dried himself, or buried conventionally, when he dies. He prefers cremation. "I couldn't bear to be buried in that little bitty box in the ground," he says. Until such a distant time, however, he will continue to pursue his dream: a money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pinellas Park, Florida. Freeze-Dried Memories: Pets | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Dark Habits: a chanteuse brings her boyfriend to her Madrid apartment, where he ODs on heroin and dies. What Have I Done to Deserve This?: an illiterate woman has quickie sex with a muscular student in the shower stall of the kendo academy where she scrubs floors. Matador: a beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pedro on The Verge of a Nervy Breakthrough | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

Once on the drugs, adolescents find it hard to get off. "People say, 'I'll just take them for three months until I get the look I want, and then I'll quit,' " explains Adam Frattasio, 26, of Weymouth, Mass., a former user. "It doesn't work that way." Bulging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Shortcut to The Rambo Look | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

In the McCulloughs' case, this is almost literally true. Walls and walls of their house are nothing but glass, and readers who expect something to shatter will not be disappointed. But the source and degree of the destruction are entirely unanticipated. Glynnis finds a canceled check for $1,000 that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nice People in Glass Houses | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

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