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...vending machine become a short-order cook? Apparently yes, but the menu is still limited. Prize Frize of Palm Springs, Calif., last week began selling an automated dispenser of fresh-cooked French fries. For 75 cents or $1, it adds water to a dehydrated potato concentrate, forms the mix into fries, plops them into hot oil, and in one minute delivers a 4-oz. serving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVENTIONS: Golden Brown, Coming Down | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

Altogether, if you didn't climb Mt. Everest or save a country, you might be better off avoiding the topic entirely. Perhaps that's why many students who had couch potato internships or jobs that turned out to be as exciting as recopying the yellow pages are reluctant to discuss their experiences. "I don't know how I would feel about the entire world knowing I had a boring summer," says Herman...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: How I Didn't Spend My Summer Vacation | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

...January. "In one word, it's Hemingway," says Sponder of his new venture. Bruce Monette of Southern Exposure in Boulder has big dreams for his Southern and Caribbean food, to be served in a 19th century stone building. "It will appeal to students, professionals, Buddhist vegetarians and steak-and-potato traditionalists," he boasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: It's A Tropical Heat Wave | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...happens, the slugger's younger brother Karim Jabov is a famous Soviet sports figure in his own right. Shortly after the Russian invention of soccer, the gangly Karim picked up a soccer ball and playfully thrust it back over his head into a potato basket hanging from the rafter of a people's barn. He thus simultaneously invented both the in-your-face reverse slam dunk and the entire game of basketball. Watch for the complete story in Izvestia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Evil Umpires? Not in Soviet Baseball | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

...rugged four-wheel-drive Chevy Suburban to reach the homes of many of his clients who live along the unpaved mountain roads of Cody, Wyo. (pop. 8,093). His colleague Jim Sipp of Rexburg, Idaho (pop. 12,084), often dodges feisty farm dogs as he hikes across sprawling potato fields to meet with customers. Meanwhile, Jim Bashor of Anacortes, Wash. (pop. 10,060), spends a good deal of time riding ferries off the Northwest coast to catch up with the salmon fishermen he hopes will buy stocks and bonds from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biggest Little Brokerage | 7/27/1987 | See Source »

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