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...October 1993 has devoted himself to helping parents in a similar plight. He flew to South Carolina with Jeanne Boylan, a cognitive artist with a background in psychology who has produced remarkably accurate suspect sketches in the Klaas case and many others. The sketch of the carjacker was so generic as to be useless, and Boylan thought she might be able to help pierce through Smith's trauma and retrieve a more vivid image of the abductor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death and Deceit | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...being floated by the Advocate's office. Fees and commissions, the performance of the fund, the risk rating and a short explanation of the strategy -- including any extra risks the fund is taking with, say, derivatives -- could all be included on the label. Maybe there could also be a generic fund warning INVESTING CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR WEALTH, AND SHOULD NOT BE COMBINED WITH ALCOHOL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Money: The War on Gobbledygook | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

...generic witch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 10 Most Popular Halloween Costumes Sold Last Week At Toys R Us | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

...generic angel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 10 Most Popular Halloween Costumes Sold Last Week At Toys R Us | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

...there is that group of guys in the corner, dressed up as the nine final clubs. One's an Owl, one's a Fly, one's a piggie (that must be the Porcellian) and...oooh, one's dressed up in a tuxedo vomiting on himself. He must be a generic club member. Wouldn't recommend him for the night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HALLOWEEN HUINKS | 10/29/1994 | See Source »

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