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...more your linger over the * The more you linger over the salad bar, the less likely it is that others can fill their salad bowls quickly. Bear in mind that any new fixing or condiment has been added to the daily repertoire...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingson, | Title: We Need You, Emily Post | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

Calls for unity among opposition leaders multiplied in recent weeks after Marcos was reported to be in ill health, but that goal seems as illusory as ever. Bad feelings linger from the split highlighted during last year's elections, which some opposition parties participated in and others boycotted. The most comprehensive unity plan was signed last month by nine of the eleven major opposition leaders. Two pivotal figures, Assembly Member Eva Estrada Kalaw and former Senator Salvador Laurel, refused to sign the document, which outlined a platform and a nominating procedure in case of Marcos' sudden demise. Kalaw, leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Two Small Steps Forward | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

...wrought correspondences speak for themselves creates a danger that the partially attentive may again mistake him for what he is not: an empty pictorialist. Or, because his characters wear costumes and move against an authentic historical background, in classically composed scenes that do not obviously assert his personality or linger over his cleverness, some people may persist in seeing him as an old-fashioned moviemaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Superb Passage to India | 12/31/1984 | See Source »

...Navy's submarine fleet, clothing stores, Howard Johnson's restaurants and 26 airlines. For a monthly fee of $45, an establishment can choose music that varies to fit desired moods: peppy during a frantic rush-hour lunch, distracting during a dental procedure or tranquil when customers should linger, as in a boutique. The fare ranges from Bach to rock. Says Malone: "If the right music is playing, it supports fantasy, with the person buying the outfit or wanting to come back to the store." Or maybe even back to the dentist. Many of them are, it seems. Malone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entrepreneurs: Foreground Music, Please | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...WALTER MONDALE surmounts the odds and upsets President Reagan on November 6, the first Presidential debate will linger in historical memory as a turning point, one of those trail markers that describe the swerving course of any campaign. But history--and probably the average voter--are almost certain to forget last Thursday's dainty joust between Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-Queens) and Vice-President George Bush...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The George and Gerry Show | 10/17/1984 | See Source »

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