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Casmalia is not far from the Pacific, and the stink usually rolls in at night with the fog, often strong enough to wake people. But it also comes during the day. People are driven indoors; windows are shut tight in balmy weather; the Hitching Post, a local steakhouse, has occasionally been forced to close. "There is no other topic," says Postiff's wife Paulette. "It seems that's all you talk about or think about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Living, Dangerously, with Toxic Wastes | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

From the moment I punch in or step into a warehouse, I feel as if I have entered the Tower of Babel: nothing makes sense. For instance, when my foreman tells me to "cut the grass down thar between that patch of goober weeds and them stink weeds," I am at a complete loss...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Special Duty | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

Twenty minutes later, surveying a massacred patch of flowers, he hits me with the inevitable line: "You go to HARVARD and you don't know the difference between goober weeds and stink weeds?!!! Gawwwwdamn...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Special Duty | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...hands. Spielberg is very & hands-on; as Director Martin Scorsese puts it, "Lucas became so powerful that he didn't have to direct. But directing is what Steven has to do." Spielberg admits, "Yeah, I'm a mogul now. And I love the work the way Patton loved the stink of battle. But when I grow up, I still want to be a director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: I Dream for a Living | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...Palestinian people. Secondly, the reformists want to harp on Reagan's violation of "international law" and ignore or cheerlead his "war on communism." The Reaganites glory in "illegal" "covert" actions like the raids on Nicaragua so long as they are successful. The bellicose Democratic Party "doves" raise a stink over "illegalities" only so they can wield their constitutional right to declare war as they recently did, authorizing the Marines to remain in Lebanon for at least another 18 months. International law is manifestly subordinate to U.S. imperialism's class interests. Students who have other illusions should recall the words spoken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grenada | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

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