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...coordinator of the University of Colorado's busy coke-abuse clinic. Even when Steve, 30, a Miami land salesman, was arrested for possession and found himself in jail overnight, it was, like, you know, a real trip. "I was with vagrants, drunks and car thieves," he says. "It was unreal, bizarre, like The Twilight Zone. "The glamour of outlawry, with the ante upped considerably, is also an attraction for many dealers and even some smugglers. Says a DEA official in Florida: "Breaking the law may not be just incidental to the white Americans involved in dealing cocaine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crashing on Cocaine | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...opening shot of a bright blue night pierced through by a multitude of lights, all giving off an unreal glow, is reminscent of other films that focus on three kings and a manger. The scene, however, is not Bethlehem but Tuscany, and the night is August 10, the night of San Lorenzo, when according to folklore, every shooting star grants a wish. A feminine voice intones solemnly and langorously. "What I wish tonight is to find words to tell of another night, many years ago. "So, in classic folk style, The Night of the Shooting Stars emerges at something recounted...

Author: By Jeen-christophe Castelli, | Title: Italian Fireworks | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...extreme and unreal stereotypes which were the focus of Monday's article focus on differences in approach and serve to divide and weaken the women's community at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUS | 2/19/1983 | See Source »

...confident in may abilities, but it's not my life," he says of sports announcing, adding. "If the league has a bad year, it could all end tomorrow." "Instead, it gives what he calls a "nice dimension" to make visits to "another world equally as unreal as Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Days in the Office, Nights in the Stadium | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...prison will punish. Some people fear that prisons are now too cushy, so spiffed up that chastisement is nullified. But the "country club prison" is as unreal as the prison cum treatment center. A plain deprivation of freedom?the average prisoner serves two years or so?is quite severe all by itself. Conjugal visits between inmates and spouses, the innovation so often cited as alarmingly humane, are permitted in only nine states. More typical of prison permissiveness is allowing Playboy pinups in cells and unlimited seconds on Wonder bread in the chow lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Are Prisons For? | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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