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...took it public. And when he finally did, it blew the public's hat in the creek, which is to say the band cooked, dig? It was tight. And it is not a stretch to say Stan Spiro and the Townsmen Orchestra came on like a train, to liken them to the Chattanooga Choo Choo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: From Molars to Moonglow | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...should liken Ivan Boesky with the gangsters who fix the crap games. Both seem to have a knack for reducing the imposed sentence, if not escaping its very intent. Furthermore, with both types of crime the victim is unaware of being--a victim...

Author: By William H. Berkman, | Title: Getting Away With Murder | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

...conclusion, I'm tempted to liken a viewing of House to sampling the gourmet French delicacy Pot au Feu, a tasty melange concocted by throwing every morsel of food in sight into a pot and stirring. House is horror scare 'em concocted by throwing every film cliche in sight into a pot and stirring. Pot au Feu is delicious and cheap by all accounts. House is neither. Save $5 and buy some French stew...

Author: By Peter C. Krause, | Title: Remember What Mother Told You: Keep Away From House | 3/7/1986 | See Source »

Although the national union still provides strike benefits to the Austin strikes, it has also accused the militant local leaders of being "false prophets" who mislead the workers they represent. Wynn has gone so far as to liken the strategies of the Austin leaders to Nazistyle propaganda. Such denunciations by the national unions are rather hypocritical for leaders who nominally act to fight against management attacks on the working lives of their members...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Local's Labor Not Lost | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

What's in a name? Magic, it seems, if the name is Gandhi or Nehru, and the place is India. An unofficial royal family that President Reagan aptly compared to the Adams family in the U.S. and that Indians liken to the Mogul emperors and maharajahs of ages past, the House of Nehru has reigned over independent India in one almost unbroken dynastic line, passing the scepter down from one generation to the next. By now the system of one-family rule has become so firmly entrenched that the newsmagazine India Today calls India "a democratic monarchy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All in the Family | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

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