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...Demobbed, he played a half man-half woman in a carnival before arriving in Hollywood to satisfy his twin obsessions: filmmaking and angora sweaters. The confessional Glen or Glenda, in which he played the title roles, was the apex of Wood's career. Later he was reduced to writing trash novels (Night Time Lez, Hell Chicks, Purple Thighs) and shooting porno shorts. In 1978, at 54, he died of a heart attack -- spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Worst Director | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

Police applied for a warrant after findingreceipts for stolen cards in Abbey's trash...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Arrest Eliot Sophomore | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

...GREAT THING ABOUT PLASTIC IS THAT IT IS cheap and it lasts forever. Unfortunately, as an inventory of any trash heap reveals, those are also its bad qualities. Scientists have spent more than a decade developing biodegradable polymers, but so far they have proved 10 times as expensive to produce as petroleum-based versions. Last week researchers at Michigan State University in East Lansing and James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., announced that for the first time, they have coaxed the production of a biodegradable plastic from a very inexpensive source: green plants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Next? Polyester Plants? | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

...MOST PEOPLE INTERESTED IN protecting the environment, the costs of activism are measured by a little time and a little money. Attend an Earth Day rally, write a check, recycle the trash -- that's about all it takes. But for some of the most determined defenders, the commitment -- and the costs -- can be much higher. Around the world, more and more ecoactivists are paying with pain and peril, and sometimes their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Endangered Species No, not owls or elephants. Humans who fight to save the planet are putting their lives on the line. | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

...call us, we'll call you. We understand that, but one question we have yet to resolve is: What is an active file? It sounds like a euphemism for something. We have a sneaking suspicion that our letters go the same place that theirs do--either straight in the trash or taped to the wall for people to laugh...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Yes, You've Been Negged | 4/18/1992 | See Source »

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