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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...street were asked to provide proof of marriage, and thieves could expect to have a hand amputated. In the midst of the coup, the Sudanese proclaimed their resentment of the code. Suwar al Dahab, who is a devout Muslim but no fanatic, has already hinted that he may relax, though not repeal, the imposition of Islamic law. One immediate example: last week government television screened a Middle Eastern version of a Las Vegas nightclub act, complete with gyrating Lebanese dancers and a blond Syrian songstress who wore a sleeveless dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan a Joyful, Fragile Revival | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

Right now, however. Moore welcomes the opportunity to relax, and to pursue what is for him a rare past-time 'I want to go see all my friends act. I've never had time to see other plays...

Author: By Rebecca W. Carman, | Title: Moore: Treading the Boards | 4/6/1985 | See Source »

...theater has beefed up the stage crew to speed up scene changes, added a five-minute intermission, and inserted a slip in the program encouraging audience members to leave momentarily to relax, said Charles H. Raphael...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'CIVIL warS' Fights On | 3/9/1985 | See Source »

...also has a hideaway someplace in Wyoming. "I don't want to get more specific," he says, fearing, apparently, that he will be cornered and trapped in that little state, which is, after all, only about twice the size of England. But there he probably does relax, and perhaps even forgets for a while about keeping in trim for his next Indiana Jones film, which is scheduled to begin shooting next January. "I'm just an ordinary 42- year-old creaky bag of bones," he says, "and I have to work out to get in shape for a film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harrison Ford: Stardom Time for a Bag of Bones | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

Cambridge resident Albert Puell says he comes to Tommy's "to relax and hang around with the Harvard crowd--they've got brains." Steve, who manages a video store in Milton and has been coming to Tommy's for 15 years, likes to sit on a stool by the counter and "watch the world go by" through the tables in the middle of the floor and the booths against the back wall. Steve likes the ambiance, which has remained "pretty much the same" as long as he's been a patron. When questioned more specifically about this ambiance, he says...

Author: By Theodore P. Friesd, | Title: The Allure of Cheesesteak and Abuse | 2/22/1985 | See Source »

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