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...opposition forces, she swiftly approached Salvador Laurel, who was planning to lead his own ticket against Marcos, with a deal. She would give up her affiliation with her brother's party, Lakas Ng Bayan (LABAN), or People Power, if he would give up his candidacy and be her running mate. Her magic, his machine. After days of bartering, the makeshift pair finally filed their candidacy papers only 90 minutes before the midnight deadline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woman of the Year | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...Chicken wings are a better deal than pizza," says Marc E. Mani '90, Chao's floor mate in Masachusetts Hall. "It seems you pay a lot for pizza and you just don't get that much. [Pizza] is just not as substantial...

Author: By Vindu P. Goel, | Title: Late Night Munchies Never Tasted So Good | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

...technique at the school is to raise animals in the classroom. When they mate, the children understand that they produce babies of the same species -- a smooth introduction to sex education known to every farm child. Nurse Mary Tang teaches anatomy to fifth- and sixth-graders and answers explicit questions, but she does not bring up subjects like abortion and birth control. That is the only formal part of the instruction; most of the rest of the sex- ed time is spent in rap sessions, fielding questions about sex and trying to build personal responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sex and Schools | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...sound like the laid-back grandpa he is rather than the hottest actor to come up from Down Under since Mel Gibson got his driver's license. "We're doing real well," deadpans the self-described former pub lout. "And I'm feelin' real well." Bet you are, mate. The story of a crocodile poacher who trades the dangers of the Australian Outback for the perils of Manhattan's urban jungle, Dundee was already the top-grossing film in Australian history when it opened in the U.S. For the past six weeks, it has been the No. 1 box-office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 17, 1986 | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

Several dramatic performances stand out. Sarah Beatty, as a slightly confused and submissive wife, discovers the effects of marijuana, and as you might guess, forgets all the lessons of the proper housewife until her husband-knows-best mate (David Schiffman) decides that enough is enough. This scene puts you in the aisle with laughter; the two actors are so convincingly stoned that it makes you wonder just how potent this pot really...

Author: By Robert Q. Mcmanus, | Title: Playing on Company Time | 11/14/1986 | See Source »

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