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...cognoscenti gawked. Enclosing the front end and getting it low enough to lick the racetrack just might be the way of the future. But the other drivers said they'd like to see Big Daddy work out the fussy details first. For instance: Would it stay on the ground, and could he steer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Old-Fashioned Ingenuity on Wheels | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...Quad as ART. What I consider it, and I'm certainly not alone, is an eyesore that smells like a five-year-old sweet-tooth's fantasy. The only difference between spreading artificial flavoring over the snow and spray painting it is that neighborhood dogs don't love to lick up spray paint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kool-Aid | 2/20/1986 | See Source »

...fees and that the money was, in part, advance payments for actions he later took as Governor to benefit his partners. After Edwards regained office, Volz insisted, his brother Marion acted as "bagman" to hold Edwards' share of the resulting profits. Said Volz: "Marion Edwards did not do a lick of work, yet he walked away with $1 million." Beyond routine greed, Volz declared, the Governor had a pressing need for money: some $800,000 in Las Vegas gambling debts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cajun Caper? Louisiana's Governor on trial | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

...growing number of dog owners, concerned about the additives in commercial preparations, are stocking up on organic foods for Fido. The holistic offerings at Lick Your Chops, a Westport, Conn., pet-food emporium, include oatmeal cookies and garlic-flavored biscuits. While most veterinarians see little advantage to such fare, adherents claim that the high ratio of vegetable ingredients produces healthier pets. The Complete Herbal Book for the Dog advocates feeding Rover what he would eat in the wild. Animal Herb Blend, a mixture of some 20 herbs, including fennel and raspberry leaves, simu- lates the ingredients found inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Odds & Trends: Sep. 2, 1985 | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...make matters worse, Swaby and company have also discovered Gilbert's ruse and are threatening to prosecute him. This leads to a conformation over Betty's late in which Joyce and Swaby team up against Gilbert and Allardyee, the latter of whom looks so much lick the aforementioned swine that his sympathy seems entirely logical. His wife and enemy win out, and Gilbert is forced to go to Swaby's party, where the nasty doctor seduces his wife and cats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Functional Privates | 3/22/1985 | See Source »

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