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...Fayed was not accused of breaking any law, and he and the Sultan denied the charges. Al Fayed bitterly attacked the report as a smear. "They could not accept that an Egyptian could own Harrods, so they threw mud at me," he once said. But acquaintances of his in Alexandria also describe the Fayeds as a modest family: al Fayed's father was a language teacher, and al Fayed grew up on the rougher side of town. He started as a small-time trader there, selling Singer sewing machines and Coca-Cola. In the early 1950s the future Saudi billionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FAYEDS: OUTSIDE LOOKING IN | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...private party and an off-campus bar to serve him enough alcohol to end his life. As recently as five years ago, L.S.U. permitted fraternities to hold open-air beer blasts under the watchful eyes of campus police. "We had some injuries, mostly from horseplay and wrestling in the mud," says L.S.U. police captain Ricky Adams. "We never had anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE BINGE | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...alkali flats. It's nothing like piloting a computer. And there's the elaborate camera obscura some thoughtful person usually sets up, big enough to walk into and see the desert upside down. And this year, if my girls can be talked into it, we'll squish in the mud of nearby hot springs and wander around as dried-mud people, just like everyone else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BONFIRE OF THE TECHIES | 8/25/1997 | See Source »

...according to Brooks' camp), four of the country star's first five songs were clogged with enough sex and violence to do Bone Thugs-N-Harmony proud. Brooks kicked things off with the country-rock song Rodeo ("Well, it's bulls and blood/ It's dust and mud"), followed that with the homicidal country stomp Papa Loved Mama ("Mama's in the graveyard/ Papa's in the pen") and also churned out a theatrical rendition of The Thunder Rolls, a song that ends with a woman reaching for a pistol to kill her cheatin' man ("Tonight will be the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: GARTH BROOKS UNPLUGGED | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

...that shit, man! What is this bullshit?! I don't do that shit!" (As background music swells into theme from NBC's "After-school Special," Derrick throws trunk at Craig. Trunk opens and spills. Both pause, momentarily shocked at the site of the large heap of mud at the bottom of the stairs...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Derrick Was Here | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

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