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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Other women stubbornly refuse to be intimidated. Chicago art-gallery owner Eva-Maria Worthington, for instance, does not hesitate to wrap herself in beaver against the winds on the Magnificent Mile. "If they're so concerned about animals," she sniffs, "I think they should go to a pound and clean cages and take care of the dogs and cats. Some people have replaced their religion with animal rights." But it's a jungle out there: even women who have switched to fake furs to assuage their conscience do not feel comfortable. Many protectively wear large buttons that proclaim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Furor over Wearing Furs | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...woman was on the Sara Lee/salad diet. All week she ate salads without dressing for every meal. And every Sunday afternoon around 3 p.m., she ate an entire Sara Lee pound cake. "I've never felt better," she said...

Author: By Beckie Sherman, | Title: Losing the Frosh 15 | 12/12/1989 | See Source »

...only have one 177-pound and 190-pound [wrestler]," Peckham said. "We don't have any depth at all in the heavy weights. I need more numbers...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Enter Season With New Faces, New Maladies | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...pound, fresh turkey is no longer a bargain, but has caught on as health-conscious consumers turn away from red meat, Silver notes. While he hesitates to give specific numbers, he says that by tomorrow he will have sold "thousands" of birds...

Author: By H. JACQUELINE Suk, | Title: GOBBLE, GOBBLE | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

William G. Bikales, a graduate student in economics, has been interested in Chinese literature for a long time, and in collecting books for even longer. About 15 years ago, the owners of a bookstore got him started on a collection of translations of Chinese poetry, including those of Ezra Pound and Arthur Waley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book, Print Collectors Win Prize | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

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