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...thought "Pat's Towing Service" would be a big parking lot with hundreds of impounded cars stretching all the way to Framingham. But the reality was even scarier. The towing operation is housed in a very gothic-looking brick building that looks like something out of "The Munsters. "The interior of the building is dark and oily. Broken down and smashed automobiles line the entry. And then you meet...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: A Liberal Education | 9/26/1992 | See Source »

When he blazed to Broadway stardom and a Tony Award in 1969 playing an embittered drug addict in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Al Pacino showed a menacing fire. Three years later, in the most memorable of his six Oscar- nominated film roles, he revealed an even scarier core of ice as a Mafia don in the making in The Godfather. His intelligence, energy, aura of command and eerie humor should have made him America's leading classical actor. Instead, his career has been one of ample accomplishment but unfulfilled promise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pacino's Double Dare | 7/6/1992 | See Source »

...This is scarier: viruses have a nasty habit of getting out of control of the virus-makers. Three years ago, a Cornell hacker futzing around with his PC accidentally unleashed the Internet Worm, a pseudo-virus that stunned its creator by running roughshod across the country...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: The End of Unprotected Interfacing | 3/6/1992 | See Source »

...block of South Ellis Avenue anchors one of Chicago's scarier neighborhoods. Students who attend the Alexandre Dumas Elementary School located there have had their $100 Nike sneakers stolen off their feet on the way to class in the morning. Drugs are everywhere. "It's a constant battle for the children to get here," says principal Sylvia Peters, who oversees the institution's 682 pupils and 40 teachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Bus Doesn't Stop Here | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...future of the Soviet Union could bring disintegration or right-wing reaction, or both -- prospects all the scarier because the Soviets still possess vast nuclear stockpiles. Moreover, a successful transition to a market economy will take a miracle. But one can hope the U.S.S.R., or what remains of it, will also pursue economic development rather than expansion and aggression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Second American Century | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

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