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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...adventurer "working outside official circles," he puts himself in mind of Alexander the Great, though he can also go on about Lord Nelson and Jiminy Cricket. "Who is this Jiminy Cricket?" inquired a Soviet journalist last week, and the man's eyes grew at the rate of Pinocchio's nose when he heard Turner explain, "Jiminy Cricket was a conscience of a little wooden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Less Than Goodwill Games | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

...Lebanese official said the drug smugglers took Donahue hostage "for poking his nose" into their affairs. Last October, Donahue's wife said he had agreed to work as a U.S. informant following his 1982 arrest on drug charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: A New Kind of Drop-Off | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

...shapes and sizes. At the rate of just twelve a day, the armatures have been replaced by individually forged steel bars. The exterior, blemished by acid rain and 100-year accretions of bird excrement, was bathed and scrubbed. Only two bits of grafting were necessary: the tip of the nose and some hair curls are new copper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pair of American Islands | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

...where you can get drunk on very little money. Watered down beer when bought in bulk is not very expensive. There are a long list of rules outside the door, which you shouldn't break because if you do it is likely a very large man will break your nose...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Drink 'Til You Drop | 6/22/1986 | See Source »

...trio of the behemoth's trainers present their what-I-love- about-Shamu testimonials, the onlooker half expects one of them to say, "My whale, I think I'll keep her." But it is a thrill to see a 4,000-lb. killer whale balance a human on its nose, or pirouette on point, or just swim protectively with its new offspring, the 8 1/2-month-old Baby Shamu. Several ^ times a day, a child is selected from the crowd to be kissed by Shamu. At one show, the little girl of the day was asked her name. "Erin." "And where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: If Heaven Ain't a Lot Like Disney Theme Parks | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

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