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There he is listed as James J. Brown, No. 155413. "I'm just sitting quiet, not saying a thing, serving my time," says Brown from a pay phone inside the minimum-security facility. Every day he rises at 5:15 to dish out breakfast in the cafeteria, wearing a cook's white uniform and cap, embellished by purple wraparound sunglasses and a matching purple foulard scarf. He directs the chapel choir, and attendance has doubled since he got there. On Saturdays, his wife Adrienne, a former hair stylist with the television show Solid Gold, brings a dryer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soul Brother No. 155413 | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

Another simple task is deciding where to eat. Conch is the Bahaman specialty dish, and you can have it prepared every way imaginable. It's tasty the first dozen-or-so times you try it, but it gets kind of gross after that. All of the restaurants in the Bahamas are lousy, so you'll probably wind up eating at Kentucky Fried Chicken all the time. If you do, remember that "breast" means "scrappy piece of cartilage and bone" in the Bahamas. Try the word "kiel" instead...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Imagine the Perfect Getaway Place | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

Jeff Weber, 35, an ex-furniture salesman, ex-convenience store clerk, ex- satellite dish salesman, has spent his life chasing his dream: "An oddball business that will make me money, so I won't ever have to work for anyone," he says. The pursuit of that dream has often put Weber in conflict with his wife Mary, a barber at an old-fashioned men's barbershop...

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold--or at least with a convincing...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: W. Cagers Gun Down Hartford, 80-63 | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

...fewer than three astrological cookbooks -- perhaps the perfect gifts for Nancy Reagan's new Bel Air kitchen. With such loony titles as Cosmic Cuisine (Harper & Row; $19.95), they stress the importance of choosing foods to suit one's sun sign. But while one claims that Cancers prefer a dish of spaghetti with a strong taste of the Mediterranean, another says they're inclined toward turnips. Alas, those looking for clear celestial guidance will find that their stars are crossed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Cookbooks to Give Thanks For | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

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