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...regular students sit in classes and painfully grind their teeth in frustration, the B.S.O.H. has virtually taken over the humanities classes. Varied attempts have been made to "deprogram" B.S.O.H members in order to make classes safe again for education--everything from hefty fines for pseudo-intellectual statements to my personal favorite, decapitation. But nothing seems to work...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Full of It | 10/22/1987 | See Source »

...spew stinky fumes and carcinogens. A bike is easy to park in a sliver of space, and of precious oil it needs only a smidgen to keep the wheels squeakless. Riders may turn rowdy, but the vehicle itself is quiet -- a blessed virtue amid the squawk-bleat- scream-grind-growl-honk-toot-wail-shr iek that is the voice of the big city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scaring The Public to Death | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...some of us, that sounded like the scenic route." His disarming humor is likely to help him seem personally sympathetic and even comfortably moderate during the televised hearings. But the prolonged wait has taken its toll, and his irritation with the drum roll of criticism sometimes prompts him to grind his teeth nervously and show flashes of anger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Long and Winding Odyssey | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...mill of scandal will grind on. In October, Congress will publish a multivolume report on its findings. Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh and his cast of 28 lawyers have vowed to pursue this case to the end. "If the investigation . . . establishes probable cause to believe that crimes have been committed, it is the duty of the independent counsel to prosecute," Walsh told the American Bar Association last week. "High office, well- intended policies or popular policies do not place anyone above the law." But the impression left by that 40-minute session in the White House was that Iranscam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Never Give Up: Reagan is apologetic, but still defiant | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...like it for sandwiches. Especially with pepper and eggs." Another customer says he's been to Italy six times, but this bread is better. Giordano's bread is the best, even when stale, says a woman in a mink-paw coat and a new Volvo. She likes to grind it up for stuffed artichokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Jersey: Bread That Casts a Spell | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

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