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...trading post's existence. There are no U.S. or Mexican customs and immigration stations within 50 miles, and tradition has allowed for free movement across the border. "Occasionally the border patrol will cruise by," remarks Christine Gutierrez, who works at the trading post but lives across the river. "They seldom bother anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Easygoing on the Border | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...bedbug," insists one. "In this respect, Spinoza was right." Another tells how jealousy drove him crazy: "I now hated all women. Lifting my hands to heaven, I swore never to marry." The narrator asks, "Did you keep your word?" The laconic response: "I have six grandchildren." Singer's people seldom shy away from expounding on the mysteries of existence: "People often say that one cannot understand the ways of the Almighty. Yet the ways of human beings can be just as perplexing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Din of Demanding Voices | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...some cases, they play as many games as the varsity. But all their goals, their points, their baskets seldom get recognized. To correct this imbalance of fame between varsities and junior varsities, The Crimson offers its first JV Notebook...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: JV Sports: Looking For Recognition | 4/26/1988 | See Source »

Eisner had been a latecomer as a Disney fan. Growing up on Manhattan's Park Avenue, he seldom watched TV or went to the movies. Eisner's parents -- his father a lawyer-entrepreneur and his mother the president of a medical- research institute -- strictly rationed his pop-culture consumption. Recalls Eisner: "For every hour of television I watched, I had to read for two hours." Eisner dabbled in premed studies as a freshman at Ohio's Denison University, but eventually found better chemistry in the literature and theater departments. The first time he saw a Disney film was several years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Believe In Magic? | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...players don't much visit rest rooms or the concession stands. They might miss a number. They seldom buy the chicken, only the fries. The chicken is too messy and requires too much concentration to eat. The fries are easier. The players can pick at them without looking up from their numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: Filling the Hours with Bingo ! | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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