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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rule Two is eating the right food. Generally, a good combination is granola and beer. This combines rugged "Grape Nuts" individuality with a puerile twist; just the off-balance pose the Allnightist should strike. This breaks Rule One, but then the Allnightist is a rule breakin' kind...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: The Right Stuff | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...decades, unless steps are taken to remove the tainted topsoil. Reason: cesium 137 and strontium 90, two radioactive particles spewed by the blaze, decay very slowly. It could take decades for the ground to be free of them. Together with the shorter-lived iodine 131, the substances promise to pose short- and long-term problems for people, crops and animals. Says James Warf, a chemistry professor at the University of Southern California: "I wouldn't be surprised if the immediate area has to be evacuated for generations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deadly Meltdown | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...dart around the stage, sometimes quickly, sometimes stroking the air with slow-motion body gestures to create the impression of being lighter-than-air. The effect works; Evett manages to deliver some momentous dialogue with astonishing pungency, all the while balancing his taut figure in the pose of a Greek discus thrower...

Author: By Ariz Posner, | Title: Not the Sum of Its Parts | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

Massachusetts' definition of gambling includes three components, said McDavitt, and all three conditions must be met in order to pose a legal problem...

Author: By Mary E. Sarotte, | Title: City Official: Casino Night May Be Legal | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

Though their company is highly visible, the Saatchi brothers seldom speak to journalists and almost never pose for photographs. The reclusive Charles drives to his office each day accompanied only by his pet Schnauzer and often spends his lunch break playing chess. "Clients never meet him, and most employees wouldn't recognize him," says one former colleague. He and his wife Doris spend much of their spare time amassing a noted collection of modern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The British Admen Are Coming! | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

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