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...real relaxed around the Singing Wind, to say nothing of the best part, the part about its being one of the warmest shops on earth. Winifred used to do this when her husband was alive, but she does it even more now: if you are around about sundown, and you and your mates are interesting, bookish but not stodgy, you stand a good chance of being stood to supper. The beef is from her own Charolais, the vegetables from the hothouse. The music might be an old somebody-done-somebody-wrong cowboy song. Also, the same trick works at noonday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arizona: Books on a Ranch | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

This week in millions of households around the world Jews are celebrating the Passover holiday. Following an ancient ritual, after sundown on Monday evening they sit down at the Seder table to retell the story of the Jewish exodus from slavery in Egypt. They recall their ancestors' tears with salt water and bitter herbs and eat a sweet concoction of nuts, apple and wine to commemorate the mortar with which slaves once cemented bricks. The anguish of captivity is recounted in the text of the Haggadah, and the joy of freedom celebrated with song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Sagging Spirits | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

...know what it is," Harvard Coach John Wentzell said. "We just seem to play best after sundown. In the last four or five innings the bats were ringing...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Batswomen Fry Providence in Twin-Bill | 4/15/1987 | See Source »

More often than not, Duvalier drives his Saab 900 or red Ferrari to Cannes, just five miles from the villa he rents from the son of Saudi Billionaire Adnan Khashoggi. Returning home before sundown, he and his wife Michele often step out for dinner at the top-rated Moulin de Mougins, one of the few restaurants in the south of France where the Duvaliers do not risk having their reservation turned away by hostile locals. Then the couple usually retire behind the walls of their villa and watch television. By the former First Lady's own count, every 15th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Up, Baby Doc? | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...think it's not convenient because a lot ofJews are going to be travelling home to theirfamilies that weekend," said David A. Nacht '87.The celebration falls between Rosh Hashanah andYom Kippur, which begins at sundown October 12,the last day of events...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss, | Title: 350th Gala Criticized For Unjust Selectivity | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

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