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...into neat five-year -- if not 500- day -- plans. The strategy does achieve results: Russians built the marvelous city of St. Petersburg out of a desolate, frozen swamp and launched the first satellite into space. They just have not fared as well in producing regular supplies of soap and toilet paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Culture: A Mind of Their Own | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

...civilized country, we ought to have toilet facilities for people that are available when they're out and around," Councillor Alice K. Wolf said yesterday...

Author: By Amanda C. Rawls, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: City Considering Pay Toilets | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...faithful. They'll talk back too, to offer either "mega-dittos" (indicating total agreement with the host) or nega-dittos. "When he calms down and stops horsing around," says erstwhile movie star Jane Russell, "he speaks common American sense, which we've been throwing into the toilet." Russell's husband, the crusty Texan John Peoples, adds, "If bulls--- was music, he'd be a brass band. But I love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conservative Provocateur Or BIG BLOWHARD? | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...living with two women. Bra shopping is more efficient, for example. When my sister tries one size with one mother, I can try another with the other. Please don't underestimate the value of bra-buying partners, nor the advantage of having someone to accompany you to the toilet when you're a kid. You also always have two women's opinions for every article of clothing you buy. (Not that I've actually ever heard them disagree about anything...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Alternative Family Values | 10/22/1992 | See Source »

...success of his movies, particularly the box-office smashes Harry and City Slickers, he may never have to go back on the road, which he found unbearably lonely. "There's a scene in Mr. Saturday Night where Buddy is having dinner with his wife in the hotel bathroom, the toilet seat covered with white linen and crystal, while the baby sleeps in the next room. That's Janice and me." When the girls got older and Janice couldn't go along, he would drive all night to get back home. "Doing stand-up, you live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Having Struggled From Warm-Up Act to Headliner: BILLY CRYSTAL | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

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