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...same three editors became the first Western newsmen to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev. What was new was the vigor and directness of the host. "Instead of delay, there was a definite aura of efficiency," said Cave. "The session was to begin at 3 p.m. It did, on the dot. And the answers we got were as disciplined as the timing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Sep. 9, 1985 | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...Square's 27 new, used, and specialty book stores dot most corners and fill at least three basements. For textbooks and general reading, your best bet is to start with The Harvard Coop. The Harvard Book Store (1256 Mass. Ave) stays open till 10 p.m. every night except Sunday. It carries new titles and used books at half-price downstairs. For more mainstream new books, there's the Paperback Booksmith (25 Brattle St.). Reading International (47 Brattle St.) is also good for late-night shoppers and offers a huge selection of magazines and a mixture of popular and scholarly titles...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: This Guide's for You | 7/16/1985 | See Source »

...inches in length. They have black bodies and huge showy wings that look like they are made of isinglass, delicately veined and edged in brilliant orange. Their legs are orange too. Their big, bulging eyes are deep red, and each is centered with a meaningful- looking dark brown dot. They are beautiful, spectacular bugs, and their appearance is exuberant and exciting, a marvel, a celebration. Their presence is a reminder that there are other life cycles than ours, other rhythms of living than the human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Missouri: the Cicada's Song | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...amounted to $82 million. The firm is run by Dieter Mengele and his cousin Karl-Heinz and is considered a fair employer and a generous civic donor. According to local police, the Mengeles have never reported a threat against their lives or their properties. Advertising signs saying MENGELE-GUNZBURG dot the sides of roads in the vicinity of the town; the firm's slogan, MENGELE -- THE BETTER IDEA, is splashed across the side of a plant building, clearly visible to motorists passing on a nearby expressway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gunzburg Clan | 6/24/1985 | See Source »

...shocked when the waitress at Chi-Chi's tells you she can't accept your Ohio driver's license. That's because according to the legislation passed this year "you can't use your state driver's license and must get a Massachusetts i.d. to drink," said Dot Nichols, an official in the Governor's office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old Grand Dad | 6/23/1985 | See Source »

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