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Never underestimate the ingenuity of a businessman out to make a quick buck. Last week two shipments of gray and white rubble, totaling 20 tons, were airlifted from Germany to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The Missouri entrepreneurs who imported the debris swear that it comes from demolished portions of the Berlin Wall. Just in time for the Christmas shopping season, they will split it into 2-oz. chunks to be sold, along with an "informative booklet and a declaration of authenticity," for $10 to $15 in gift shops and department stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entrepreneurs: Selling a Piece Of the Rock | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...times is also unnaturally jarring, for no apparent reason. However, there are moments of pure Spike Lee: when the barber awakens to a pair of gangsters looming over him in an unnerving point of view or when a young boy is taught by his older friend how to swear with the correct hand gestures...

Author: By Mark D. Payson, | Title: Done the Right Way | 11/3/1989 | See Source »

...next day, when I returned to the refrigerator, something was scrawled under the message. It read, "I didn't touch his mother. I swear...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Liberty, Equality, Ice Cream | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

...what is the bottom line? Like it or not, there is no simple way to guarantee a life free of heart disease. Someone may swear off French fries for decades and still be struck down. Someone else may eat eggs every day and live to be 100. But in the game of life, smart players look at the odds. And most health professionals remain convinced that a sensible diet, with only moderate amounts of saturated fats and cholesterol, raises the odds of avoiding a heart attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Go Back to Butter | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Khomeini's long rise to power began with a series of confrontations with the regime of the Shah. In 1962 he led a general strike of the clergy to protest reforms allowing witnesses in court to swear by any "divine book," instead of the Koran alone. By the spring of 1963 he was under house arrest for telling huge crowds at Qum that just a "flick of the finger" could sweep away the Shah. Soon after his release a few months later, Khomeini was arrested again, this time for fomenting riots against a modernization program that included land reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Sword of a Relentless Revolution | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

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