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Winthrop--There's tire swing in the courtyard...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: There's No Place Like Home... | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...groundless. But it gave more credence to reports of recipients suffering rheumatoid arthritis and scleroderma, a rare connective-tissue disorder. The experts also found that the silicone sacs could rupture 5% to 10% of the time -- far more frequently than Dow Corning had previously conceded. "You can buy a tire with a 40,000-mile guarantee," remarked a panel member, "but no one really knows the useful life of a breast implant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not For Vanity's Sake | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

When a blow from a tire swing knocked me flat on my back and nearly caused me to lose four teeth in the fifth grade, Omi was my personal nurse. Each day for several weeks, she came to school at noon to bring me the liquefied lunch that was all I could...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: When Opa Met Omi | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

...ever cruised. By the year 2000, the association predicts, 10 million people will cruise annually. The satisfaction rating for cruises is the highest in the travel business: over 85% are "extremely" or "very satisfied." The ease and safety of cruise traveling has taken on more importance as Americans tire of frenzied, pricey European tours. "I like the days at sea best. There are so many things to do without packing and unpacking, taking taxis and getting places," says Rene Newman, a Chicago resident and veteran cruiser. Last week she sailed from Los Angeles bound for Mexico on the Princess Dawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Against the Tide | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...those same technologies -- and a few new ones -- are finding their way into tools used by weekend do-it-yourselfers, a group swelled by large numbers of electronics-savvy baby boomers. Some of these tools, like the electronic tire gauge, may be too smart for their own good, and will probably go the way of most overpriced gimmicks. But a few, including the digital level and the electromagnetic stud finder, actually make tough jobs easier to do. And if a smart tool can do that, there will always be people smart enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tools With Intelligence | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

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