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...Websters have also learned that reporters generally appreciate being spoon fed. On Tuesday, George handed out at least four different press releases, complete with information on the "latest developments," background on Joan, and details of the ongoing investigation. For newspapers that weren't able to send a photographer to the conference, the Websters had even produced still photographs of themselves and the new reward poster. To the gold pin on Terry's left lapel and to the stripe in George's maroon tie, the advance photos had been planned to match pictures taken during the conference itself...

Author: By Andrew C. Kerp, | Title: The Nightmare Continues | 10/15/1982 | See Source »

...very well mannered. Harvard drinks at parties until nauseous. Harvard eats at Tommy's Lunch, where they only give one paper cocktail napkin to each customer. Harvard makes Harvard drink from styrofoam cups instead of real glasses, not to mention investing in South Africa. Harvard eats spaghetti with a spoon because the forks came out of the dish washer green. Harvard tears reserved reading and old exams out of books. Harvard is just too busy to worry about being polite...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Behaving | 8/13/1982 | See Source »

...Malibu, Calif., Actress Jessica Lange, 33, hurries from a set of the film Frances to her trailer. There, she lovingly spoon-feeds pureed carrots to her eleven-month-old daughter Alexandra. When the loudspeaker calls her back to filming, Lange hands the child to the nurse and rushes out the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Baby Bloom | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

Yesterday I decided to have "chicken florentine" soup and some toast for lunch. I sat down and took a spoonful of the soup. I was about to eat it when I noticed something strange on my spoon. It looked sort of like a large gray noodle. I had never seen a gray noodle before, so I looked more closely at this substance, and discovered that it was actually a piece of cardboard. This was rather disturbing. You see, when I left in August to come here, cardboard was not considered food. I suspect that cardboard is still not considered food...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Rare Treat | 1/14/1982 | See Source »

Galatia lies on the eastern edge of the Illinois basin, a 25 million-acre, spoon-shaped, subterranean shelf of coal that has made the state the nation's fourth largest producer. For almost a century now, the basin has been union turf. While only 44% of all U.S. coal is dug by members of the United Mine Workers of America, down from 70% a decade ago, some 99% of Illinois coal is union mined. The legendary John L. Lewis rose to the presidency of the U.M.W. as a legislative lobbyist from the union's Illinois District 12, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Illinois: The Ghost of John L. Lewis | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

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