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...world's most dangerous cities. Visitors are instructed not to walk anywhere at night, and to exercise great caution during the day, especially on weekends. A downtown neighborhood which contains a few leading hotels has earned the nickname "Murder Mile." Marauders prey on tourists and others and then melt into the lines for the buses to Soweto...

Author: By James Altschul, | Title: South Africa: No Sand Left in the Hour Glass | 10/2/1981 | See Source »

...with Jergens and Yardley its main competitors. The Minnesota company has invested $6 million to advertise its hand cleaner as "soap without the soapy mess." Says Vice President and General Manager Wallace Marx, formerly director of new products at Pillsbury: "People are tired of messy soap bars that just melt away, crack and break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Soft Sell | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...Ronald Lacey), dissolving into a puddle. How did Makeup Man Chris Walas do it? He began by taking a life mold of the actor's face. From that he made a plaster skull, which he covered with layers of chilled gelatin. When it came time for Toht to melt away, a heat gun-a super hair dryer-was turned on and the gelatin began to drip. So ended that particular Nazi menace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Wizards of Goo and Gadgetry | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

...summer has progressed, the mound of ice has begun to melt slowly, sending ice water trickling down through the granules to the bottom of the pond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iceberg Cool | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

Viet Nam was different from other wars; that difference defines the distinctive isolation and grievance of many Viet Nam veterans. Douglas MacArthur warned against an Asian land war; he was right. There were no front lines. Reality tended to melt into layers of unknowability. The same person could be a friend and an enemy?the smiling laundress in the morning carried a V.C. satchel charge at night. The enemy might even be a child with a basket. The ambiguity made Americans twitch. "My Lai?" says Larry Mitchell. "There were lots of My Lais...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Forgotten Warriors | 7/13/1981 | See Source »

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