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...carries well over 230 lbs. on his 6-ft. 3-in. frame. During a rare period of exertion in Florida, he suffers a warning heart attack. In Pennsylvania he discovers that Nelson has skimmed more than $200,000 from the family business to pay for a cocaine habit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Peace | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

...with the American firms by using the same advertising ploy--targeting specific sectors of the population, such as teenagers and women. Since the opening of the market, the South Korean monopoly has developed and marketed cigarette brands called "Lilac," "Jade" and "Rose," especially intended to lure women into the habit...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Killing Innocents Abroad | 10/11/1990 | See Source »

Targeted by the sleek ads of the U.S. cigarette, countless women and adolescents will pick up the habit. (Although tobacco companies insist that advertising is intended to persuade people who already smoke to switch brands, the companies have an obvious need to recruit new smokers--their old customers tend to die prematurely...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Killing Innocents Abroad | 10/11/1990 | See Source »

When Hitler moved with such lightning speed against France in 1940, it was clear that the war in the West was a rehearsal for one in the East. Stalin was extremely nervous. Even in normal times he had the habit of pacing during a meeting. On this occasion, he was racing around, cursing like a cabdriver. He cursed the French and the English. How could they allow Hitler to roll over them this way? Now it was our turn. Stalin understood that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khrushchev's Secret Tapes | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

From his early cult films to a hit soap opera, he has traveled a road as unique as his obsessions. He has already proved that an eccentric film artist can change the way America looks at TV. Can Twin Peaks now become a mainstream habit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Oct. 1,1990 | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

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