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...thinks is going up on her corner and the 52-unit motel going up across the street from that, the uncountable thousands are walking down Main Street in the rain. A young woman comes out of Bean's, pleasure in her face and a felt make-believe moose rack on her head. Inside an outlet shop, a slender matron explains to her friend, "So he bought me these shoes in Gucci's, and I said to him, 'Do me a favor. Don't buy me anything.' " Down in back of Main Street in the parking lots, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maine: the Offspring of L.L. Bean | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...Shay's is trying to change its image. "We're going to concentrate on a more party-type atmosphere as opposed to the quiet wine bar," says Tricia, standing in front of a floor-to-ceiling wine rack. "We've been featuring 16-ounce beers and turning the music up to attract more undergraduates...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: Plenty of Room at the Inn: Harvard Square's Least Popular Eating Joints | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

...Concert Hall, an upset of a different sort was taking place in Denver's Radisson Hotel. The world's top-ranked chess machine, a $14 million Cray X-MP/ 48 supercomputer running a program called Blitz, was about to lose the North American computer-chess championship to Hitech, a rack of custom-made silicon chips attached to a $20,000 Sun minicomputer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Kings, Queens and Silicon Chips | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

...kitchen are rusted cast-iron stoves, muffin tins in the ovens, wire whisks the size of basketballs suspended from a rack. From down a dim passageway comes the sound of boots crunching glass underfoot, and out into the light appears a rat patrol, four hard hats spreading poison. From the darkest corners the beams of contractors carrying out inspections by flashlight dance around like fireflies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: From Ellis Island to Lax | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...travel store at the truck stop has a machine to measure heartbeat in exchange for a quarter. There are racks of jackets, belts, truck supplies, tape cassettes. On the wall are paintings for sale, simulated wood with likenesses of John Wayne or a stag. The rack by the cash register is stuffed with Twinkies and chocolate Suzy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Road: a City of the Mind | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

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