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...Take a spoon, dip it in hot water, and then press it to your creamed face, gently, never pulling the skin, and iron the wrinkles away," explains a middle-aged instructor, demonstrating with a spoon. Thirty-five women and two men watch attentively during the 2½-hour class in a Manhattan high school. The students, who range from an attractive redhead in her 20s to an actor in his 50s, also learn that steeped camomile tea bags applied under the eyes prevent pouches, dry oatmeal helps preserve a youthful complexion, and a postage stamp stuck on the forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fast Food for the Brain | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...Swede had recovered in Collins' opinion: "He stepped out of the electric chair for a moment." And even NBC's cutesy description for the Wimbledon finals experience -via-satellite took on new meaning as it spilled out of Collins' ever-active lips: "Breakfast at Wimbledon--be careful of the spoon at breakfast--don't hurt yourself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'The Archangel Plucked' | 7/7/1981 | See Source »

...coordination. Few football players toot before the big game; those who use drugs might seek the longer-lasting boost of amphetamines, or "speed." Instead, coke fuels the victory parties, fills the void when the applause is over, coaxes away inhibitions. The man in the moon sniffing coke from a spoon: under that tableau at New York City's Studio 54, trend-setters used to disco all night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Some Close Encounters | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

...candles, fake rocks ("get your rocks off," $5.95), toy pinball machines, tambourines, slippers, sweatshirts, string ties, playing cards, punching bags, toy binoculars, pin cushions, aprons, picture puzzles, bullwhips, shopping bags, roulette wheels, boomerangs, pencil cases, piggybanks, pedro posters, sun hats, trays, wind chimes, buttons, bumper stickers, inflatable Pedros, horns, spoon racks, trivets, cigarette cases, two-piece donkey sets, cosmetic cases, pens, cups, and dog t-shirts...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: 18 Hours South of the Border | 6/26/1981 | See Source »

...Clean greasy spoon," Maister repeats, pleased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harvard's Waffle Case | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

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