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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spring rolls, crispy outside but set apart by the flavor and freshness of the mix within. Shrimp dominates, but pork and mushroom are effective supports. The little rolls rush through various Chinese flavors like an overture, as though the appetizer was designed to appetizer by example. The only (minor) flaw was an excess of grease on one of the three trials...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: The Painted Dish | 1/22/1988 | See Source »

Koch, a perennial Post favorite, led the charge against Kennedy. Saying that the Senator's action revealed a "character flaw," the mayor added in a veiled reference to Chappaquiddick, "In the dead of night, and then by the way not to immediately own up to it. We've seen that before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat Boy vs. the Dirty Digger | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...actor in some of the most important crises of the postwar era. On paper, he seems an ideal Chief Executive. Yet Haig has trouble being taken seriously. It is not just that his chances are so slim, that he has no political base, money or organization. Haig has a flaw that is far more fatal: he simply cannot gauge his effect on an audience. His campaign is based in part on proving that "I'm not the ogre people thought." But he is having a tough time doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is This Man Running? | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

...spring rolls, crispy outside but set apart by the flavor and freshness of the mix within. Shrimp dominates, but pork and mushroom are effective supports. The little rolls rush through various Chinese flavors like an overture, as though the appetizer was designed to appetize by example. The only (minor) flaw was an excess of grease on one of the three trials...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: The Painted Dish | 1/15/1988 | See Source »

...ordinance is designed to quell these fears, but it suffers from a glaring flaw: nobody is quite certain how to define aggressive begging. The law makes it a misdemeanor to beg with the "intent to intimidate another person into giving money or goods," a formulation that could give pause to a high-pressure used-car salesman. Jerry Sheehan, legislative director for the Washington State chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, predicts that the new law will be challenged in court. If citizens don't understand what a law prohibits, he argues, how can they be expected to abide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can You Spare a Dime - for Bail? | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

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