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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...RECENT HECTIC discussions of psilocybin, a drug that alters perception, have fused...[several] separate issues. For the benefit of those who have been confused, the following list details these questions...
...from the rich and gave to the poor -- just like your Robin Hat." The grim side of the job includes treachery and murder. To escape death at the hands of a Nazi strangler, Aline must shoot to kill. There are two happy endings to her story. She reduces the list of possible Himmler agents to a German countess, and lengthens her name by marrying a Spanish nobleman, Luis Figuera y Perez de Guzman el Bueno...
...disheartening to know that Michael Jackson, having acquired the publishing rights to the Beatles' music, has decided to cash in on it by making it available for corporate commercialization ((SHOW BUSINESS, May 18)). The specter of Jackson's developing a list of "only 40 ((songs)) you'll ever possibly see in an ad" is an insult to rock music...
...knob of green herb butter, a touch that adds flavor -- and cholesterol. The butter also prevents the inner meat from remaining truly rare. In much the same way, Rosenzweig should have let well enough alone with the rice pudding, one of the few really good things on the old list. New desserts are still uneven; better additions include ice cream glazed in the style of creme brulee, a crunchy maple pecan pie and a fine custardy clafoutis with blackberries...
...Kremlin schedule leaves him without any free time, Gorbachev said, but his interests are so wide-ranging as to amount to what some might call a "weakness." The list includes physics, mathematics and literature. "To this day, I remember by heart poetry I learned at school," he bragged. Gorbachev left no doubt that he prefers the company of generalists rather than specialists. Said he: "People with a broad outline are more to my liking." He also had a few words to say about opposition by Soviet bureaucrats to his reforms. Despite the efforts of officialdom's "encrusted layers," Gorbachev insisted...