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...Wizard of Oz: Wheelock Family Theatre, 180 The Riverway, Boston, Fri. at 7:30, Sat. and Sun. at 3, through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: November 14-20 | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...themselves. Press a small button. About 25 seconds later, a red light flashes and a beep starts to sound. The person can gracefully excuse himself from a boring business meeting or a dull blind date. About the size of cigarette lighter, this device, called the Timely Beeper, weighs 2.5 oz. and sells for $29, while the real thing costs some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Products: How to Beep Yourself | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...more against many foreign currencies than it averaged from 1980 to 1982. That should mean cheaper imports in the U.S., but many American distributors have decided to pocket the profits rather than lower their prices. Yves Saint Laurent's Opium perfume, for example, has climbed from $135 an oz. in 1980 to $165 an oz. today, although the cost of the perfume to the importer has simultaneously fallen by about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Gray Market | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

...eleven months, Joe Namath, 42, flashy former New York Jets quarterback who was inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame last summer and is now a sports broadcaster for ABC-TV; their first child, a daughter; in New York City. Name: Jessica Grace. Weight: 7 lbs. 9 oz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 28, 1985 | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

Shaddy, fetching a cup of night crawlers from one of Georgia's new machines --"Is that pretty, or what?"--explained the process. Worms and other slithery kinds of bait are packaged in ventilated 8-oz. cups with a bedding of moist paper shot through with feed, fattener and conditioner. Minnows, goldfish and the like are in water-filled plastic bags with a chemical that slows their metabolism. "What kills them is their own waste. They pollute the water. The chemical slows them down in their movements, so to speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Des Moines: Worms for Sale | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

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