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...large wooden horse. Macduff knew it when he disguised his soldiers with branches from Birnam Wood as they marched against Macbeth. In World War II, the Allies created a phantom First U.S. Army Group, outfitted with rubber tanks and canvas landing barges (courtesy of the Shepperton movie studios). Its swirl of fake radio messages about an impending invasion at Calais helped keep the entire German 15th Army pinned down 200 miles east of the actual invasion site on Omaha Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Marshal Potemkin, Meet Your Fans | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

...Personally, I like raspberry swirl. It's a little bit more expensive, but worth it!" exclaimed an upper-middle-class businessman...

Author: By Andrew S. Doctoroff, | Title: Take A Number | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

Snobbery today tends to be fragmented. The snobbery based on knowledge is particularly specialized. A person who is otherwise completely unpretending and unimpressive may do some reading and become, for example, a wine snob; he will swirl and sniff and smell the cork and send bottles back and otherwise make himself obnoxious on that one subject. Another person may take up, say, chocolate, and be able to discourse absurdly for an hour or two on the merits of Kron over Godiva. This kind of snobbery based upon a narrow but thorough trove of expertise is a bit depressing, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Good Snob Nowadays Is Hard to Find | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...Hyatt Regency Hotel proved particularly vulnerable. A twister, one of a score that gusted up during Alicia's onslaught, blew open the cavernous 30-story atrium, allowing water and wind to swirl inside. The hotel and its seven restaurants were brimming with 1,000 guests, many of them refugees from the hurricane. As some 80 windows shattered, guests were moved into the ballroom, where the hotel provided blankets and baskets of free food. Some 20,000 other evacuees were given sanctuary in 83 Red Cross shelters in the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coping with Nature | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

From the first song ("Dance, Dance, Dance"), bodies swirl, muscles flex, dancers groove, and sweat oozes from would-be John Travoltas. The participants, mostly couples, are attired in everything from mini-skirts and shorts to more theatrical fancy dress wear...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and Catherine L. Schmidt, S | Title: Twistin' the Day Away | 2/22/1983 | See Source »

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