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...gave the Samburu warrior, Toad thought, an air of medieval imp. Toad admired Lutupen's sense of style. Lutupen had slipped a trapezoid of broken mirror under his bead headband for decoration, so that he now had a kind of third eye, a window in the center of his forehead that flashed as he slipped along through the forest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Walking on The Wild Side | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

Sections: Yes. A friend of mine revealed to me, in confidence, her secret strategy for luring the most eligible bachelors in her sections into asking her for dates. Apparently she deliberately sits opposite the Don Juan of the moment and stares mercilessly at his forehead for the entire hour. She claims this plan has worked for her on at least three separate occasions and vows to go for number four when she gets off academic probation...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Scamming at UHS | 3/1/1989 | See Source »

Saladin sprouts a pair of horns on his forehead and cloven hoofs; these mutations earn him, a British subject, rough handling by police and immigration officials. Gibreel develops a visible arc of light, a halo, around his head, and must cope with the awestruck reverence of perfect strangers. His new radiance aggravates an older problem, particularly puzzling in light of his newfound atheism: his vivid cinematic dreams, in which he is cast as the Archangel Gibreel, but without a script, and then asked by a series of petitioners to deliver Allah's word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Explosive Reception | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...with conniving brio by Bill Murray in Scrooged. Frank has even planned a Christmas Eve broadcast of A Christmas Carol, with an all-star cast (Buddy Hackett as Ebenezer, Mary Lou Retton as Tiny Tim). He is bursting with creative ingenuity: he wants tiny reindeer antlers stapled on the forehead of a Christmas mouse. But Frank is about to get scrooged by the ghost of his old boss (John Forsythe), and three Christmas spirits want to teach him a lesson in generosity. He will hallucinate an eyeball in his highball and be told that "garden slugs get more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: What The Dickens! | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...find out. After building a lucrative law practice and serving two very successful terms in the state senate, you decide to make a run for Congress. You may have forgotten that you passed out on your favorite section leader's doorstep with a nasty rejection note taped to your forehead, but apparently your roommates and your section leader could clearly recall the night, your advances, even the hand gestures and anatomical descriptions you used. In fact, they were generous enough to recount the story repeatedly--for every television station and newspaper that asked...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Youth Is Wasted On The Young | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

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