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Later that day, she elaborates for me on the subtle calculus of recognition that is the expertise of some residents of these neighborhoods. With methadone, she explains, there is a particular way in which users droop--heroin addicts are different, more dazed-looking, in a stupor. Again, I imagine what it is like to leave childhood with this legacy of knowledge, rather than multiplication tables and reading skills...

Author: By Kathryn R. Markham, | Title: Raining in Baltimore | 9/28/1996 | See Source »

...entering a new era, the age of an "unintimidating, personalized kind of pretty." What this means is that for the first time in quite a while, models are opening their mouths, cracking a smile and looking in many instances as though they would rather play beach volleyball than snort heroin. So what is one of the greatest assets that a model can possess in this, the latest dawn of the girl next door? Freckles. You will find them all over the faces of such newcomers as Stacey McKenzie (above, center) and Elizabeth Moses (left), featured in splashy ads for Todd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FALL PREVIEW | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...Democratic and Republican parties [THE REPUBLICANS, Aug. 19]. Among the planks I looked at there was a statement arguing for campaign reform; a charge that certain tax-relief proposals were primarily for "those with the largest incomes"; a warning that the use of narcotics, especially the rise in heroin addiction, was a "grave peril to America"; and criticism about the delays in our legal system. Other issues addressed were natural resources in Alaska, the need for increased power for the states and reduction in arms. The platforms I was reviewing dated from 1912 and 1924. The more things change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 9, 1996 | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...beautiful day out there," Nowell said--but Wilson closed his eyes and pretended to snore. It would be the last time anyone would see Nowell alive. A few hours later, Sublime's drummer, Floyd ("Bud") Gaugh, found him lying on his hotel-room bed, dead of a heroin overdose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: SUBLIME: WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

...night before Nowell died, Gaugh says, his friend told him he was giving up heroin and that his next hit would be his last. Of course, addicts always say that. It's usually a lie. Unfortunately for Nowell's friends, family and fans, this time it proved true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: SUBLIME: WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

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