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Another disadvantage of the march towards progress has been the loss of favorite hangouts. One Potato, Two Potato fell victim to the wrecking ball in March and was mourned by one senior as the only "decent, somewhat respectable restaurant" in the area...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Days of upheaval | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...Congressional disapproval over covert military actions in Nicaragua, Reagan requested that the then-Argentina military junta and train anti-Sandinista guerilla to attack from bases in Honderas. The Argentines agreed. But when the country tried to claim the Falkland Islands, America not only dropped its pawn like a hot potato, but supported Britain in the war. Mislead by Reagan, and by their own political naivete, Argentine leaders believed themselves wholeheartedly supported by the United States, an assumption which proved wholeheartedly wrong...

Author: By Diane M. Cardwell, | Title: Backing Alfonsin | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

...later, Jamie (Rick Springfield), fleeing his bathroom, races across the screen, a company of excited fans not far behind. Outside his bathroom, a disgruntled song writer swings a broken wine bottle threateningly at Jamie's band, forcing him to flee towel-clad into the auditorium. Borrowing a pair of potato-sack fashioned pants from his assistant, Jame races off, his hair somehow blow-dried along the way until evidently traumatized by the ordeal of screaming fans clawing at his skin-tight clothes on stage and the real goods afterwards, he loses control of his car, totaling a vegetable stand...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: Hard to Handle | 4/17/1984 | See Source »

...frame) and routinely put in five or six 14-hour, pressure-packed days a week at the office. Rich sauces and fatty meat were his standard fare for both lunch and dinner, and exercise meant reaching under the bed to grab from his stash of pretzels and potato chips. Shragai was a classic candidate for a heart attack, and at the age of 45, he had one. Nine years later he was hospitalized for an operation to bypass five seriously blocked coronary arteries. In desperation, Shragai enrolled himself in U.C.L.A.'s Center for Health Enhancement. By changing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hold the Eggs and Butter | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

Claus Gelotte's Camera Shop, Stonestreet Clothiers, Bob Slate Stationer and One Potato, Two Potato are expected to move into the retail spaces. Games People Play will not return to the Square, says Carol Monica, the shop's owner...

Author: By James D. Solomon, | Title: Square Sees Six Stores Close Doors | 2/21/1984 | See Source »

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