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After a late night of wooing New Hampshire Republicans, Senator Richard Lugar is up early at the Manchester Holiday Inn for a sensible breakfast of All-Bran and whole-wheat toast. It is part of an unvarying routine that includes yogurt and two apples for lunch daily and meticulous markings on a chart tracking his morning run. Such a creature of habit is now doing the most insensible thing by jumping into the G.O.P. presidential primaries in a way the political oddsmakers see as quixotic: he is already vastly out-financed and out-organized. Until he decided to test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUT SERIOUSLY, FOLKS | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...Shallow Grave" is most original in its depiction of violence, sadism and torture. The thugs, who are thugs' thugs, do not use guns. They smash and stab with clubs and knives. But they are not alone, even the milque-toast David becomes barbaric, sawing up bodies with mad concentration. David's dramatic character change signals the flatmates' descent into a predictable spiral of paranoia...

Author: By Marco M. Spino, | Title: Scottish Thriller Isn't Even Six Feet Deep | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

...also be called these days is the most explosive comeback story in skiing. At 28, following an unsatisfactory showing in last year's Winter Olympics--he took home only a silver in the slalom--the hard-driving, hard-playing Tomba is once again the Caesar of the Snows, the toast of Italy and many places beyond. His thrilling come-from-behind win at Adelboden in Switzerland marked his third giant-slalom triumph of the season and his 10th win overall in the current World Cup series. He is so far ahead of the competition that the Cup already seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOMBAMANIA! SKIING'S ALBERTO TOMBA | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

...growing grapes on her ranch, discussing a script with a well-known actor, and revising a manuscript in a negligee with a glass of sherry in hand." Yet while Fisher was certainly refined in her tastes, she was also the palate's propagandist, urging her readers to savor buttered toast as she would sherry...

Author: By Karen M. Olsson, | Title: Gastronomic Trio Simply Delicious | 12/1/1994 | See Source »

...overall goalkeeping, Penn's Suzy Pures is the toast of the league. She has made 38 saves this season and has a save average of 90.5 percent. Princeton's Liz Hill is second with 50 and 92.6, respectively, and Cornell's Stacey Scavo is third with 33 and 84.6, respectively...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Ivy League Field Hockey Teams Neck and Neck | 9/28/1994 | See Source »

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