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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three years ago, the McGuanes moved out of Paradise Valley to their current spread near McLeod (pop. 5). In the cozy living room of his log-cabin house, McGuane throws another chunk of cottonwood on the fire as Laurie whips up a pot of hearty chicken soup in the kitchen. His lean, 6-ft. 3-in. frame draped across a wing chair, McGuane exudes the tempered confidence of hard-won experience. While many of his erstwhile drinking partners have fallen by the wayside, he has managed not only to survive but to thrive in his role of gentleman rancher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOM MCGUANE: He's Left No Stone Unturned | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Most of the work of Phillips Brooks House Association resembles that of the man who dived in. Soup kitchens and tutoring programs address the immediate needs of very needy people. Public service volunteers bring food and warmth and human knowledge to people starved for lack of resources...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: For Social Change | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...soup kitchens will not reduce the number of homeless people, and tutoring programs cannot overcome racism, poverty, illiteracy, or environmental distruction. These are the issues which PBHA volunteers confront every day. Month after month, PBHers dive into the river and try to teach their pupils to swim. But, day in and day out, the stream of refugees and illiterates seems to grow longer...

Author: By Michael E. Wall, | Title: For Social Change | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...product in an amount equal to the value of that product. The defense that some of the dresses were loans, not gifts, or that they are no longer worth very much once they have been worn, may not impress the IRS. A gown, even one that doesn't suffer soup stains, may depreciate from a $20,000 price tag to off- the-rack in a single evening. But that is the point of haute couture. Its value derives mainly from its once-in-a-lifetime wearing. Los Angeles designer David Hayes, from whom Mrs. Reagan borrowed more than 60 outfits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cute Number For the Taxman | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...newly-elected Overseer Desmond M. Tutu, was followed by a four-course meal in the Divinity School's Andover Hall. Although Tutu was unable to attend the gala affair, one inside source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the other overseers were treated to butternut squash curry soup, salmon with dill and red pepper sauce, glazed carrots, new red potatos and salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing. And let no one say Harvard doesn't go all out: There was chocolate mousse cake for dessert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

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