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...strategists. Analysts at the C.I.A. and State Department are now convinced he's a mild diabetic. They believe he developed the disease in his 40s and controls his blood sugar by taking tablets rather than insulin injections. He has been advised to watch what he eats and to avoid liquor, which may account for his strong dislike of vodka -- and his campaign to stop his countrymen from knocking back so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine: Apr. 9, 1990; Mikhail Gorbachev | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...sidewalks, illegal social clubs are a long tradition. There are more than 1,000 such clubs strewn across the city's five boroughs, dispensing cheap booze, loud music and a touch of the home country to immigrants. Many of them have something in common: the lack of a liquor license. All too many also offer their patrons something besides the prospect of a hot time on the town: the high risk of a fiery death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Devil Made Him Do It | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...seedy commercial section of the Bronx. It was ordered to close in November 1988 because it had no fire exits, sprinkler system, fire alarm or emergency lighting. It did shut down, but only briefly. Police knew it had reopened; they arrested its bartender last July for selling liquor without a license...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Devil Made Him Do It | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...specially treated paper stock that, when tampered with, displays the word VOID in English, Spanish and Latin. But the counterfeiters do not seem daunted. A man in Boston used computer-faked checks and purchase orders to buy computer equipment. A couple in Phoenix made the rounds of the local liquor stores and check-cashing agencies with phony paychecks stamped with a variety of corporate logos. And late last year political activists in California distributed some 2,500 copies of the Los Angeles Times wrapped with a fake front page. One "article" criticized U.S. involvement in El Salvador, and another column...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Forgery in The Home Office | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...diabolically instigated violence is on the rise" and asserted that heavy-metal rock music can "help trap people, especially teenagers," into dabbling in disgraceful Satanist practices. In particular, the Cardinal denounced rocker Ozzy Osbourne's tune Suicide Solution ("Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker/ Suicide is slow with liquor . . . Suicide is the only way out./ Don't you know what it's really about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: No Sympathy for the Devil | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

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