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...Procyon is a one-of-a-kind prototype developed partly with money and materials from the Amoco Chemical Co.; it will be put up for sale when it reaches Fort Lauderdale, its final destination. But its creators are hopeful that many of the innovations it incorporates can be offered on smaller boats with less imposing price tags. "In the future you'll see bipod masts and carbon-fiber construction all over," says Olaf Harken, co-founder of Wisconsin's Harken Yacht Equipment, the world's second largest manufacturer of boat hardware, and a driving force behind the Procyon. "The benefits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saying No to Yo Heave Ho | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

BEGOTTEN. The Authentic Weirdie award goes to this nightmare classic from E. Elias Merhige. In violent chiaroscuro images, the film tells a primal story of man's birth, torture, death and rebirth. This one-of-a-kind movie (you wouldn't want there to be more than one) makes Eraserhead seem like Ernest Saves Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Jun. 24, 1991 | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

University officials described the one-of-a-kind program as means of strengthening public education at a time of at a time of crisis for many urban schools...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Former School Official to Return | 11/27/1990 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the rest of the coed squad and the entire women's team participated in a one-of-a-kind mixed event called the Horn Trophy on the Charles...

Author: By Daniel E. Kosowsky, | Title: Sailors Slip to Seventh, Slide Out of ACC | 11/6/1990 | See Source »

McDonald's has a new venue: the diner. After two years of planning, the fast- food giant has opened a one-of-a-kind outlet, the Golden Arch Cafe in Hartsville, Tenn., a small town northeast of Nashville. The 1950s-style restaurant, complete with jukebox, offers such unlikely McFare as lasagna, pork chops and Salisbury steak. The menu includes ordinary hamburgers, but no Big Macs or Chicken McNuggets. While patrons still queue to order their food at a take-away counter, the meal comes on ceramic plates, and is brought to the table by servers sporting bowling shirts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RESTAURANTS: Remembrance Of Things Fast | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

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