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...they are suffering from runny noses, bronchitis, sore throats, headaches and eye irritation. Santa Barbara county officials have been at work clarifying the problem. They found the area was experiencing a spider migration described by the agricultural commissioner as "common." If cobwebs can result in community hysteria and "burning skin and eyes," certainly the odors common to any waste facility have little chance of being understood. Jan Lachenmaier Director of Public Relations Casmalia Resources Santa Barbara, Calif. Soviet Charmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 4, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Even aesthetically, science leaves something to be desired. Today we hook wires to the skin and study squiggly lines, looking for transmitted truth. Three thousand years before the lie detector, it was in the Urim and Thummim, sacred stones in the breastplate of the biblical high priest, that truth was to be found. They glowed, says the historian Josephus, in patterns expressing oracular truth. And the wiring, to on high, was totally invisible. Now that was a machine. --By Charles Krauthammer

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: In Search of the Silver Bullet | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...busy professionals and powerful love goddesses. The most impressive of the trio converts a homosexual into her lover and father of her child. The plot deals with how these women eventually pair off with three male colleagues. As in the soaps, beauty is not the only thing that is skin deep. Steel and/ or her editors are adept at turning banalities into pleasantries and serious problems like birth defects and murder into inconveniences. The obsession with good looks is total. Scarcely a page goes by without a reminder that the heroes are handsome and the heroines scrumptious. The effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Nov. 25, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...show also included a jazz quintet from MIT, an original song, “Lipstick on my Pillow,” and a three-part fashion show featuring sequins, flirty skirts, and plenty of skin...

Author: By Aria S.K. Laskin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Club Hosts Caribbean Splash | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...this guy shedding his winter skin? I don’t know...maybe it’s your section prowess, or the onset of mini-skirts. But regardless, the bottom line is: go out, have fun, drink coffee. If that’s as far as you want it to go, fine. He’ll understand. Going out on one date doesn’t hold you to a contract signed in caffeine. And, if you have a good time, you can then go for dinner... it’ll be delightful, it’ll be delicious, it?...

Author: By Nicole B. Urken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR NIKKI: Welcome Spring! | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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