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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...home. In print she promotes a diet high in carbohydrates and low in fats, sugar and salt. The pantry of the comfortable Brooklyn brownstone she shares with Husband Richard Engquist, 53, and their twin 17-year-old sons Erik and Lorin is stocked with grains, flour, beans, seeds, rice, potatoes and pasta. The family eats only 2 oz. of red meat three times a week. Salami, bologna, hot dogs, potato chips, cookies and soda never cross the threshold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: See Jane Run (and Do Likewise) | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...what if the Patriots had William Perry, what if the Colts knew how to play, etc.) Super Sunday Football allows players to play against another player or against the computer. It's even possible to set the computer on auto-play; just sit back with a beer and some potato chips, and watch your computer play ball...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: If Only the Series Were a Simulation ... | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

...average Soviet citizen is the star of Wheel of Fortunoff, hosted by the beautiful Vanna Red. Three contestants compete to decipher a patriotic slogan, spinning a wheel to win prizes such as a new potato harvester, a guided tour of Lenin's tomb, or a mink coat (with only a six-month wait). Competition is keen, as the consolation prize is a tanning session in scenic Chernobyl...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: TV Guideski | 9/25/1986 | See Source »

...Davenport, Iowa, Mayor Thom Hart held a cookout at his house: pork sandwiches, fruit and five different kinds of potato salad. During a press conference on the front lawn, Grechko started taking pictures of all the cameras that were focusing on him. Neighbors came by, and everyone had a good time. A young guy, in old jeans, a T shirt and long dark hair, was impressed. "It's like a rock concert," he said, which it wasn't. "You can feel the good vibes," which you could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Mississippi: Cruising Peaceful Waters | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

...want to stay and help." Recalls Elizabeth: "This was at a stage when she wouldn't make her bed. But she had the Sigourney Serious Look -- and when you see it, you act." Now the Wasp princess trades in her deb gown for khaki and operates the potato-peeling machine at the Hill of Isaac Kibbutz. "I tried to improve the machine's performance, and for a $ while it did work faster. So fast that it blew up. The supervisor said I was a humiliation to the Jewish race." That adventure ended in three weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Years of Living Splendidly | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

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