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...stepped out of the car, a beautiful young woman welcomed us with a broad smile and handshake. Behind her stood a man about 5 ft. 7 in., wearing a faded pink-striped cotton shirt and dark pants. Gilberto Rodriguez's appearance has changed dramatically since the last pictures of him were taken five years ago. His curly jet-black hair has turned a distnguished salt-and- pepper and covers the tops of his ears. He sports a closely cropped < mustache and has gained at least 30 lbs. But the glistening brown eyes were unmistakably those of the "Chess Player...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day with the Chess Player | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...then we lost food. First they took the red meat, the white bread and the Chocolate Decadence desserts. Then they came for the pink meat, the cheese, the butter, the tropical oils and, of course, the whipped cream. Finally, they wanted all protein abolished, all fat and uncomplex carbohydrates, leaving us with broccoli and Metamucil. Everything else, as we know, is transformed by our treacherous bodies into insidious, slow-acting toxins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Why Don't We Like The Human Body? | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...hasn't -- since they were last together. Many soldiers' marriages, shaky before Desert Storm began, became casualties of the war. Tom Hacker, of Sterling, Ill., marched off to the gulf with his National Guard unit in January. He came home to a hero's welcome in May and a pink slip from the hardware factory where he had worked as a tool-and-dye man. "I felt terrible about it, but the state of orders and the circumstances of business made it necessary," says Stan Whiteman, the personnel manager at the factory. Said Hacker: 'It was like a kick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Postwar Mood: Making Sense of The Storm | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

...famous brand names. MGM-Pathe demurs, citing such precedents as Cadillac Man and The Coca-Cola Kid. But in New York City the studio is taking what appears to be the opposite side of the issue. MGM- Pathe is suing a gay and lesbian organization called the Pink Panthers, which patrols the streets to protect homosexual men and women from roving gangs of gay bashers. The Hollywood studio contends that the group's name and activities undermine the beloved public image of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Says We Have To Be Consistent? | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...Harkin, asked my advice on writing a speech for the West Virginia AFL-CIO. I suggested that he discuss the history of the labor movement in West Virginia, including the famous, bloody massacre at Paint Creek. Because of my faint Appalachian lilt, my friend understood it as "Pink Creek." Only a last-minute phone call saved the senator from certain humiliation...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Author! Author! Wherefore Art Thou, Author? | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

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