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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were those people leaving before time was over? When the woman next to me put on her coat. I. Francois, said, "Whoah mother. You are to miss the best part the finale" She was very angered, and told me to my face. "You stupid, pretentious Europeans, it is your fault. We Americans just do not understand your creativity!" I was very disturbed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Qui est Wilson? | 3/1/1985 | See Source »

...outset, the final stage was an amateurish hit-or-miss affair. The coqueros were content to ship cocaine into the U.S. via "mules," who would coat their stomachs with cod-liver oil or honey, then swallow the cocaine wrapped in condoms. If they were lucky, they could flush the drug out once they were over the border. Soon enough, however, the cocaine czars could afford to send bulk shipments into the U.S. in their own DC-6 aircraft or by high-powered speedboats. By 1983, indeed, the system was running so efficiently that the market was glutted with cocaine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting the Cocaine Wars | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...left standing, and although the interior was badly burned, some original details remained as clues to the materials Semper had used. The acoustics--vivid and unforced, warm and full-bodied--are a particular triumph. The rebuilt Semper Opera disproves the notion that acoustics are still a hit-or-miss proposition: just build a classic horseshoe of wood and plaster, and fill it with statuary and curtains, then sit back and savor the beautifully blended results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rebirth in Dresden | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...make time to want in line. See if you can get a friend to do it. Buying a new friend afterward will run around $375. If you can't afford new friends, or don't have any you'll must have to get your teeth, miss those classes and wait in line yourself...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: The Rock Concert Blues | 2/16/1985 | See Source »

...Camille Bell (Gloria Foster), an outspoken mother of one of the slain children. Both are pictured as righteous crusaders for justice; both were paid consultants on the movie. Williams, played with riveting accuracy by Calvin Levels, is a more ambivalent figure. But the movie's sympathies are hard to miss: when Williams first emerges from his automobile for questioning, he stands in front of a church, his head framed symbolically by a trio of crosses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Witness for the Defense the Atlanta Child Murders | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

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