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...reason people who are in the entertainment business are so attracted to coke is that it picks you up," Phillips says. "It's a very erratic business. Say you're an actor and you're performing for twelve weeks and then you wait a half-year for work. I'm still not sure about why I became such a heavy user. I think I used coke as a manipulative instrument. Men traditionally have used coke for sexual favors. I dispensed it for creative favors. I mean, I did get two or three jobs done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Some Close Encounters | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

...During my first half-year here my confidence in my playing dropped dramatically because I wasn't practicing and performing enough. At home I'd been practicing four to five hours a day, performing, and teaching," she says, adding. "I don't think I could have made it to junior year without a piano...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Practice Made Perfect? | 5/1/1981 | See Source »

Citing high inflation, mortgage rates, and unemployment levels. Reagan told a receptive joint session of congress that the half-year since his election had seen little economic improvement...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Reagan Urges Congress To Pass Economic Plan | 4/29/1981 | See Source »

Nagy said he will canvass Faculty colleagues and "reflect further on it" before resubmitting the proposal to CUE in a half-year or year...

Author: By Paul A. Englemayer, | Title: CUE Tables Nagy's Proposal Changing Make-Up Test Policy | 2/19/1981 | See Source »

United, the nation's largest airline, suffered a second-quarter operating loss of $46.7 million, raising its half-year deficit to $113.7 million. In the second quarter, American took a $45.3 million beating, bringing its loss for the first half to $120.3 million. TWA made a small $8.4 million second-quarter profit, but that was swallowed up by a big first-quarter deficit; the balance: $52.2 million in losses for the first half of the year. Eastern, which had made a profit in the first quarter, flew $12.8 million into the red during the second quarter and ended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Fasten Your Seat Belts | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

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