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...landscape of cornfields, horse farms and wooded hills unrolls from the horizon. There is not a chemical factory or oil refinery in sight. Oh, oh, wait a minute. On the outskirts of Flemington, a picturesque village of Victorian homes and red-brick buildings, a sign proclaims, FACTORY LUGGAGE OUTLET -- BRAND NAMES AT BIG SAVINGS! Something decidedly unbucolic is going on out here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flemington, New Jersey A Town That Bargains | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...street carrying plastic bags emblazoned with pricey logos: ADIDAS, CALVIN KLEIN, VILLEROY & BOCH. Just who, a gridlocked visitor wonders, would come to rural Flemington, N.J., to buy such chic cityside items as Waterford crystal or Joan & David shoes? The answer: a growing legion of well-heeled devotees of factory-outlet shopping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flemington, New Jersey A Town That Bargains | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...anticipate the next phrase. He taught me how to sing commas and spaces, not just lyrics." Shy at school, McFerrin cried easily as a child and lost himself in his own imagination. The Catholic Church gave him a spiritual foundation; music, he says, "was always a catalyst, an outlet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Beat Box with Four Octaves | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

Despite the question mark on the left, the Crimson midfield can't be classified as a weakness. Rajballie's skillful handling of right midfield has left the Crimson with another outlet...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Men Booters Look Tough | 9/14/1988 | See Source »

...with the standard derisive sociology about the "middles" in the reserved seats and the black-leather set that gathers in the muddy infield known as the Snake Pit. But by the time he leaves, Fussell is a fan of what he sees as a dangerous ritual that provides an outlet for an unruly national spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Airbursts Thank God for the Atom Bomb | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

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