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Born in Baltimore, Zappa was the son of a Sicilian-born meteorologist and metallurgist who worked for a poison-gas manufacturer -- the inspiration, perhaps, for his later Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask. The family moved to California when he was 10, and young Frank grew up in Lancaster, north of Los Angeles. "I developed an affinity to creeps," he recalled, "and I've surrounded myself with them ever since." At 15 he read a magazine article that referred to Varese's audacious compositions as "the ugliest music in the world," and he knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Duke of Prunes: Frank Zappa (1940-1993) | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...scientific readings," strictly limits starches, sweets and alcohol during an initial weight-loss period of several months. Then, in the maintenance phase of the diet, he allows such goodies as red wine, sausage canapes, foie gras, cheese and the occasional chocolate dessert. Whole grains are in. Soft drinks are "poison." Alcoholic aperitifs are discouraged, and wine is to be drunk only with meals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Foie Gras Diet | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

Officials at Cambridge Hospital and the Poison Control Center verified yesterday that the recent complaints from students in Visual and Environmental Studies 20ar of excessive fumes from oilpaints are well-founded...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Fumes in Class A Health Hazard, Officials Say | 12/18/1993 | See Source »

...Friday and Saturday, Dec. 10 and 11, with a Saturday matinee at 1 p.m. "The African Queen" at 3:30 and 7:30 and "Summertime" at 1:30, 5:30 and 9:30 on Sunday, Dec. 12. "The Letter" at 4:15 and 7:45 and "Another Man's Poison" at 6 and 9:30 on Monday, Dec. 13. "Daughters of Darkness" at 4:15 and 7:40 and "The Velvet Vampire" at 6 and 9:30 on Tuesday, Dec. 14. "Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain" at 4, 6, 8 and 10 p.m. on Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not at Harvard | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

...their symptoms with the U.S. government. The veterans' campaign for greater official recognition of the malady was bolstered last week when the Pentagon reversed itself and accepted a report from the Czech military indicating that some of its chemical sensors detected trace amounts of mustard gas and the nerve poison sarin in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. A team of U.S. experts determined that the Czech evidence was both reliable and convincing. The experts could not explain, however, where the toxins came from. "There were no Scud launches, no artillery exchanges, or no offensive actions at this time that could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Gas Mystery | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

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