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...fellow performers take pride in the fact that their show is expected to net more than $25,000 for both local and military charities, including the Red Cross and Navy Relief Society. Thus the cast and crew of Mardi Gras Follies '91 seem to be tapping ! out a new twist on an old adage: "They also serve who only sing and dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oahu, Hawaii Dancing on The Home Front | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...strange twist of logic, known only to bureaucrats and highway planners, what goes down must come up. When the elevated highway is buried beneath Boston, a new structure will arise in Cambridge. And sporting 16 lanes and 11 stories, it will come up with a vengeance...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: A Cambridge Monstrosity | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

...Stussy's twist can mean embroidered Masai warrior shields in neon colors on a high school letter jacket or baggy jerseys bearing electric-haired African- warrior logos. Stussy has caught on big with musicians ranging from Public Enemy to Madonna. Next he hopes to get a bit more formal. Says his partner: "Shawn has always wanted to be like Armani...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STYLE: Where Surf Meets Rap | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

There's even a twist to the papers. Although prose is welcome, fiction and poetry are equally valid genres in Layzer's courses. One student this past semester wrote a story about a cookie-making contest, whose participants included Albert Einstein and other famous physicists...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: David Layzer: Teaching Science Through Prose or Poetry, But Not Equations | 2/9/1991 | See Source »

...allied warplanes, most of which fly out of Saudi Arabia, to reach. But they can be, and have been, bombed from Turkish bases that the Ankara government, after some hesitation and at considerable internal political cost, has agreed to let the U.S. use for offensive purposes. In a curious twist, two dozen Iraqi fighters and transport planes landed at airfields in Iran last week. The pilots may have defected or been seeking safe refuge from allied planes; it is also possible that Iraq has struck a secret deal with Iran to keep the planes there until the war is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battlefront: A Long Siege Ahead | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

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