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...humble onion that stung taste buds and left telltale traces on the breath is being eclipsed by new, less pungent breeds. They include such varieties as the 1015 out of Texas, the Imperial Sweet (California) and the Maui (Hawaii). Never mind that some of these hybrids pack all the consistency and taste of an unripe cantaloupe; never mind that they may serve to decorate a salad but will do nothing to spice up a stew. The National Onion Association reports that, thanks largely to the new designer hybrids, consumers are no longer holding their noses and that U.S. consumption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kinder, Gentler Onion | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

...result is a bold stylistic stroke. The short scenes and pungent dialogue are ideal for catching the rhythm of Winchell's beat, while the residual piece of screenwriter's carpentry ("closing credits come up") underscores not only its artificiality but also Winchell's own purblind flair for self- dramatization. As a literary form, the screenplay generally rates as much respect as restaurant menu prose, and a novel molded like this slips past any easy characterization. "Maybe it's a mongrel," Herr suggests. "Maybe it's just a novel with a camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Novel Treatment of a Legend | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

Some 15 miles away, near the intersection of Coldwater Canyon and Roscoe boulevards, in the San Fernando Valley working-class section of North Hollywood, Buddhist monks pray in a Thai temple pungent with incense and dominated by a 10-ft. statue of Buddha. On weekends Thai families turn the temple's parking lot into a festival straight out of Bangkok...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strangers In Paradise | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

Start with a promising Indiana politician. Add one mistress. Season with love notes and broken promises. The result? A pungent political scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indiana: Taking a Chance on Love | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...there the car engine began making weird sounds as of tin cans rattling around under the bonnet and a very pungent odour assailed our nostrils. On arrival at our destination, ASDAS "shopping mall" as you so quaintly call them, I ups bonnet, the battery is exuding an acrid smoke which almost chokes me. Nothing to see though which could explain the rattling noise, so in we went to the "Shaaping maall" (American Idiom). Hustling around all the glitz and shit on sale to the idiots like us who come every year under the spell of the commercialism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters from a Friend | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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