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After the investigation, canneries began belatedly processing tomatoes last week. At least 30,000 metric tons of tomatoes, though, had to be destroyed because they spoiled during the inquiry. The growers would have undoubtedly liked to throw a few of those rotten tomatoes at government officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomato Scare Italian-Style | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...humor, from seeing this movie. For while Pee Wee's days as a featured actor will probably be limited in the future by audiences' patience for seeing his routine over and over again, they are still fresh and funny in this flick. Last one to see it is a rotten...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Child's Play | 8/13/1985 | See Source »

Wanda: I'm surprised you don't have a bit more sympathy for her, Ralph. Actually, she's rather conservative. She doesn't think married people should fool around. She says people should keep the rules of their religion and should feel guilty when they do rotten things. That's enough to set her apart from a good many people in the sex-advice business. She doesn't even think people should have sex on the first date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: The Munchkin of the Bedroom | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

...Empire Deli: out by Fenway, this B.U. hangout is on the expensive side and probably not worth it. But it has real waitress service and offers just the right atmosphere if you're tired of rotten Ralph yelling at you in Tommy's. It's hard to tell when they have beer on tap, but it stops some time late in the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge After Hours | 6/23/1985 | See Source »

...blandness has its advantages. Norris is seldom off-putting. In Code of Silence, an exceptionally deft movie of its kind, Director Andy Davis has provided a perfect schematic vehicle: a righteous, nice-looking automaton is caught in a lot of crossfire. There are rotten Italian gangsters, rotten Colombian gangsters and rotten fellow police officers. As Sergeant Eddie Cusak, Norris refuses to go along with the cover-up of a killing by a scruffy underling (Ralph Foody) and tries to mediate a gang war. He may be good, but he has no family and no girlfriend, and gets uncomfortable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: And Now, a Wham-Bam Superstar: Chuck Norris | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

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