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...before laying their eggs. (Females of the European variety do not fly.) If the Asian gypsy moth becomes entrenched in the Pacific Northwest, the Forest Service estimates that the toll on the timber industry could run upwards of $35 billion over the next 40 years. By contrast, Washington's spray program -- which is scheduled to run about six weeks and cover 116,500 acres -- will cost $8.9 million. British Columbia has already started spraying, and Oregon has just begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Hairy, They're Hungry, They're Here | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

Inexplicably, at periodic intervals, the actors chose to spin around the stage in a Lycra whirlwind, scuttling through the audience like roaches zapped with bug spray. Perhaps the audience is expected to draw a deep meaning from the sight of actors running nowhere. Perhaps...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: Jet Bludgeons Senses, Convention With Meaningless Pretension: | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...Baby, don't you drive around with Dr. Bernice/ She's not a lady doctor at all." Lowery is in top form with his mysterious but earthy images: "Baby, don't you drive around with Dr. Bernice/ That ain't a real Cadillac/ It's a Delta 88, spray-painted black/ With fake leather seats from Juarez...

Author: By Dan Sharfstein, | Title: A Listener's Perspective: Cracker | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

...shop has since moved to a basement location beneath Ferranti-Dege. In the front room, a glass display case contains silicone spray, Lexol leather conditioner, stain protector, suede dye, wooden shoe stretchers Fiebing's edge ink, Cavalier leather balm, shoelaces, shoehorns, three dozen tones of Meltonian creme polish...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: Fixing Shoes the Old Fashioned Way | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...some patrons of the Golden Nugget, a night spot in Buffalo's flourishing country-and-western scene. "In a disco, if you're not a size 3, forget it," says Heidi Fisher, 28. "They're into spandex heaven. And your hair has to be out to here with hair spray. I only wear spandex in a dark gym. Here it's more relaxed and I can be myself. And if someone bumps into you they're more likely to say, 'Excuse me.' " Danny Beal, a 27-year-old dairy farmer from nearby Darien, says, "It's the only place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Country Rocks | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

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