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...Fish got to swim, birds got to fly: the best composers will always write seriously, even when they are frankly dressing their tunes for success. The move from Broadway to opera house -- from quotidian show to stage classic, in other words -- is well under way. The only difference is that now people are finally catching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes the Show Boat! Broadway musical? Or opera in disguise? | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...days are rarely what they seem. What looks like a slice of - chocolate layer cake is really a reward for jogging those extra two miles in the morning. A towering wedge of vanilla-scented cheesecake, laden with calories, is no more than fair compensation for eating only salad or fish for lunch. And warm apple pie a la mode is not the obvious self-indulgence it once was, but a vital, midday energy booster for a deserving workaholic. Whatever the reasons (or sweet excuses), desserts are back in style with a vengeance, in restaurants and bakeries, even as diet-obsessed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Let Them Eat Cake! | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...worst part was the agencies," Buckley says. "The historic preservation division of Vermont's development and community affairs agency, Environmental Protection, Fish and Wildlife, National Parks, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the public service department of Vermont, the state agency of transportation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Williams River Electric: Hydroelectric Power Tailored For a Country Stream | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...light, the plant was found to be in violation of the terms of its permit, which requires a certain minimum flow through the gorge. So much water was used in running the plant that the river itself was "dewatered," as one official put it, threatening the survival of fish. The plant's operation had to be halted until a new computer and automatic flow controls to maintain the minimum flow could be installed. More months of delay followed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Williams River Electric: Hydroelectric Power Tailored For a Country Stream | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...Aboriginal life, have produced in their catalog what may be the best short introduction to the Aboriginal world view now in print. Very briefly, the Dreamings are the world's spirit ancestors; they brought the world out of chaos, formed it, filled it with plants, insects, animals and fish, created human society. They exist in vast numbers, and there is one for every nameable entity: a Honey Ant Dreaming, for instance, or a Witchetty Grub Dreaming, a Flannelflower Dreaming or a Bushfire Dreaming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Evoking The Spirit Ancestors | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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