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...diner some guy is loudly blabbing about the dog's infected ear, the faucet drip and how he was attacked by giant broccoli in a dream. These details can loosen screws. The only reaction: order coffee to go. No one should suffer the minutiae of another person's life. Unless that person happens to be Andy Rooney. In that case order eggs and sausage, sit back and laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Suburban Sage | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...pillow-by-pillow, faucet-by-faucet basis, the suites are not as hugely expensive as they seem. A few small rooms rent for $145, just the thing for bodyguards. The Royal Suite has two living rooms, five bedrooms with at least ten closets, and seven bathrooms. Even so, some visitors find its 4,844 sq. ft. oppressively small. One sheik had to rent two other suites to accommodate his baggage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hotel for the Rich | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

...they would be happier in the deserts of Nevada. The architects have all but ignored both the Boardwalk and the ocean in their designs, and one could live for days in most of the casinos and think that the only water around was that coming out of the bathroom faucet. Those waves on the other side of the beach are clearly irrelevant to the casino owners, and they seem to be wishing for someone like Rosie, the waitress in the Bounty commercials, to come along with a giant paper towel and sop up the whole unsightly mess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Atlantic City: The View from the Porch | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

...Herculean task; many American schools will need more than tinkering before they again provide a satisfactory education. Those in Longfellow and Larsen Hall who lament the "decline in American education" often point to tight budgets and decreasing respect for the field. "The Proposition 13 mentality has been turning the faucet off on education," says Ylvisaker. Falling enrollments in suburbia and over-crowded classrooms in the city plague both communities, and, or course, there is the fiercely debated effect of television...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Revising the Quest | 3/20/1980 | See Source »

...company's Western U.S. sales director, "is that the American life-style is heading toward natural food and drink." For many people who have grown wary of pollution in their tap water, a bottle of Saratoga or Evian is, pure and simple, just safer than the kitchen faucet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: On the Waterfront | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

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