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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THERE ARE still some caveats even if the practitioner of "safe sex" manages to avoid such trauma. Industry and government studies demonstrate that the AIDS virus cannot penetrate latex condoms. Other studies, though, underscore the susceptibility of latex condoms to rapid deterioration when exposed to heat, light or oil-based lubricants. (I know of no studies examining the effects of genuine cowhide on latex.) And earlier this year the Food and Drug Administration ordered three major condom manufacturers to recall 100,000 condoms after spot inspections found many with excessive leaks...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Political Machines | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

...only do students study with the theater's actors and specialists, but they also have an opportunity to audition for parts in the ART's productions. Actors like Marty Lodge, who plays a roughnecker working on an oil rig in Gillette, can then practice their lines during class...

Author: By Michael A. Levitt, | Title: Teaching the ART of Acting | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

When Australian Raider Robert Holmes a Court spent more than $800 million to buy 9.6% of Texaco's stock for an average of $37 a share this year, many Wall Streeters applauded his gutsy vote of confidence in the bankrupt oil giant's chances for recovery. But after the October stock crash, Holmes a Court faced a severe cash squeeze. Sensing a distress sale, another renowned raider, TWA Chairman Carl Icahn, entered the picture last week. TWA bought about half of Holmes a Court's stake in Texaco for $348 million, or just $29 a share. The Australian's loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEALS: Icahn Comes Acourting | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...wisdom brings bitter lessons. It teaches Jim that he may -- must -- filch food from the dying and take shoes from the dead. When P-51s zoom above him, the plane-crazy boy crash-dives into delirium; his dreams have singed him by flying too close, poisoned him with their oil and cordite. Alone with an ailing woman (Miranda Richardson), who stokes his first erotic fantasies, Jim looks up and sees the atomic blast over Hiroshima as a blazing crystal vision. Even at the end, when a plane drops bundles of Spam and Luckies like a Christmas pinata, Jim knows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Man-Child Who Fell to Earth EMPIRE OF THE SUN | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

Avocado soap and almond massage oil...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: `Twas Twenty-One Days Before Christmas | 12/4/1987 | See Source »

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