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...about as long as Gesellschaft fur Schafsverleih plans to own its sheep. Meanwhile, Anette tries to make sure that customers protect the animals from predators of all kinds. She turned down one customer located near a community of Turks who, she feared, might have found the lure of shish kebab on the hoof irresistible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Combleat Mower | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

...talk about the Dallas Cowboys' front four. So many Soviet citizens play the game, in fact, that one chess writer contends the reason that service in Russian restaurants is so bad is because "the cooks are forever having at [chess] with the waiters instead of heating up the lyulya kebab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle of the Brains | 7/31/1972 | See Source »

...followed a week of rumors hi Moscow and a call at last month's 24th Soviet Communist Party Congress for a "piloted orbiting station." Hailed by headlines in Moscow newspapers, Salyut seemed clearly intended to function as the core unit of what Russian sources called an "orbiting shish kebab," with a number of manned spacecraft attached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Salyut for Russia | 5/3/1971 | See Source »

...supper you can get the usual things, with hot rolls. I tried the filet mignon. Most of the artistry was on the part of the steer, not the chef, who made it medium rather than rare. Still, the meat was tender, and he makes a fine shish-kebab ($3.25) although if you want Greek food you'd do better in Central Square...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Zum-Zum, UR | 5/8/1969 | See Source »

Seventeen features pubescent models and a coy vocabulary. With a little effort, the magazine contends, any ugly duckling can end up with a "dream dress," a "dream complexion," a "dream date." In the language of the trade, Seventeen is a "how-to" magazine; it tells how to cook shish kebab, how to jazz up a bedroom, how to avoid going too far with a boy friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: The Fashion Beat | 8/13/1965 | See Source »

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