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...tile floor, which tends to get a little sticky. And there's a depression in the middle. When there's a party, the depression fills up with what Peppercorn describes as "kind of a combination of beer and mud and other bodily fluids." It's known, in 10-Man lore, as "Lake Sereika," in honor of a former 10-Man resident who passed out there once...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Cult Rooms | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

Both stores suffered material damage in the flood. At the Coop, sections of the ceiling tile were destroyed, and areas of carpeting will need to be cleaned. Ciancio said he hopes the carpeting will not have to be replaced...

Author: By Leah F. Pisar, | Title: Bad Pipe Floods Square Stores | 4/17/1991 | See Source »

Beijing is increasingly a city of false facades. Each day picturesque walls made of stucco and tile are erected around deteriorating residential neighborhoods to hide them from visitors who will attend the 1990 Asian Games in the Chinese capital this September. No less deceptive is the charade that is performed each night at major intersections throughout the city. Disguised as policemen, combat-ready army officers man security checkpoints that were allegedly dismantled when martial law was lifted in January. Says a dissident intellectual: "Stability is only an illusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China One Year Later | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

Investcorp posted profits of $52 million last year from holdings that include a 50% stake in Gucci, the leather-goods empire, as well as control of Color Tile, the largest U.S. floor-coverings retailer, and Carvel, the ice- cream chain. After taking over Tiffany in a friendly buyout in 1984, Investcorp took the jewelry chain public again within three years and made a profit of $100 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Who Are Those Guys? | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

...East (the Dynasty restaurant) and something vaguely resembling the old Belgian Congo (the Safari Steakhouse). The decor inside the hotel is a giddy clash between the Forbidden City and Disneyland, in which virtually everything is either pink or purple -- unless it's gold. There are pink acoustic-tile ceilings, pink slot machines, pink Louis XV chairs in the reception area. There is a pink motorcycle parked in the '50s diner called Rock and Rolls, and there are pink chandeliers in Scheherazade, the restaurant overlooking the baccarat pit. (The Scheherazade is conveniently located so that gamblers below can order whatever they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: A Candymaker Went Mad | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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