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...long enough to master timing and goofy faces, the pair are best when they forget about dope and concentrate on telling jokes. When hundreds of police arrive to arrest them, they innocently wander out the back way, mingle with the cops, and make an eight-track recording of their sirens. This may not sound funny, but it is--humor being relative. Later, they play the instruments in a music store so loudly that they catch on fire. They take over the stage in a nightclub and tell dirty jokes until a chair-throwing brawl breaks out. They wander through...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Smoked | 7/18/1980 | See Source »

...U.S.S.R. provide generally reliable reporting and less ideological filler about events inside the Soviet Union than The Beacon, the nationwide hourly news program beamed from Moscow. The Western radio stations also offer Soviet listeners tantalizing glimpses of capitalist life through feature stories and interviews, while playing the siren song of rock and folk music, which are immensely popular among Soviet youth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The U.S.S.R.: A Fortress State in Transition | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

...Royal Siren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Royal Siren | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

...with a beauty made disturbing by her blazing blue eyes, she was already a siren. Her conversation shone, her profile was just short of perfection. To make it impeccably Grecian, she had wax injected at the bridge of her nose. As the years passed it began to trickle chinward, ravaging her features. Yet a weird, mutilated beauty survived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Royal Siren | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

...only the testing of DMSO. Says Foundation Official Charles Bennett: "There is a good deal of evidence that DMSO may be effective as a short-term painkiller, but there is no scientific proof that it reduces swelling and inflammation. We advise arthritis victims not to listen to the DMSO siren song and not to try to get the drug by some devious means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: DMSO Dustup | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

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