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...shops in urban centers, a visitor might think himself in the wrong country. Here a Benetton, there a Chloe, a Chanel, farther along a Giorgio Armani, a Fendi, a Valentino. The name of every other restaurant seems to begin with le or la, and every other menu includes a dish or two from faraway places. Better off than ever before, West Germans are spending fortunes to keep up with the Schmidts; money appears to be no object ( in the pursuit of distinctive art or eye-catching design in clothes, cars, houses, even the simplest household objects. A society long praised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: The Oh So Good Life | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

Local prosecutors have also learned that they can flex their muscles on a national scale, shutting down interstate porn operators by bringing them to trial in conservative localities. The New York-based Home Dish Satellite Network once beamed X-rated films on its American Exxxtasy Channel to 30,000 subscribers around the country. It was driven into bankruptcy earlier this year after a district attorney in Montgomery County, Ala. -- where 30 households received the service -- brought criminal charges against the company's officers for violating the state's anti-obscenity laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rap Against a Rap Group | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...fiancee mailed him a package of his favorite tobacco, ending a three-month attempt at quitting his sheesha. A sheesha is an elaborate water pipe, with a glass bowl base, topped by brass fittings called 'alb al-sheesha, or "heart of the sheesha." "Above this fans out a copper dish that serves to catch any coals or ash falling from the haggar or "stone." Smoke is drawn through the lay (hose) which is connected to the 'alb al-sheesha...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Bringing Home the World: Exploring the Margins | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

Donovan opened the third quarter with another high shot past Ardrey after another break down the right side. Reilly then received a dish from Co-Captain middie Perry Dodge at the crease, for his second lay-up of the afternoon, and a 7-3 Harvard lead...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Laxmen Make a Statement By Trouncing Tigers, 12-6 | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...status as a West Virginian at Harvard made me something of a local hero. McCutcheon pulled me away from my plate at the covered-dish dinner to introduce me to every single member of the church. When a local television crew came by our work site to film the project, McCutcheon made sure that the reporter interviewed "the West Virginia...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Bringing the Liberal Boutique to the Mountain State | 4/4/1990 | See Source »

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