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Menu offerings in the bar and dining room are much the same at lunch but differ at dinner, with the more gussied up Arcadia-style food served upstairs at night. That seems to be the least successful fare, primarily because of overdone, often sweet garnishes -- oranges in an otherwise luscious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: 21 And Still Counting | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

Lem's imaginative physics is consistently beguiling. But the elegant planning and wondrous machines he describes fail to anticipate a simple problem: the Quintans do not want to talk. Flying high above the planet, the crew of Hermes can see signs of a highly advanced society. But attempts to communicate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Aliens Fiasco | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

The driving force behind that business is the same as it has always been: youngsters in search of heroes. The main consumers of the cheaper cards are six- to twelve-year-olds, with a smattering of older fans. To capitalize on their voracious appetites, the top three manufacturing concerns still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buy Pete Rose, Trade Johnny Bench | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

Still, many wary, independent women, conditioned to comfort dressing by the Reebok revolution, are apparently determined to defy the tyranny of dictatorial designers and the fashion press. They are not about to attack closets with scissors to slice off their precious collection of skirts. "There is something elegant about a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Finally, Let There Be Legs! | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

On the ooh-and-aah scale, it rates a nicely curved 9. Painted faux arches on pastel-tinted walls. Plush mauve carpeting. Bathrooms papered with Marimekko designs. Dressing rooms with spacious lockers. Cheerful, friendly staff. And on the way out, visitors receive a single carnation. "It's nice to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Total Care at the Ms. Mayo Clinics | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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