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...know that I've ever seen anything really weird," Harvey says. However, he says, "A great many people carry rolls of toilet paper. You know why, but you don't know what sets them off," he says. "An awful lot of toilet paper," he repeats...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Checking You Out | 4/4/1992 | See Source »

Some call our room "weird," and others think it's just "immature." Some think it's kind of cool to revert to childhood the way we do. But our room's resemblance to Toys-R-Us does not reflect a conscious decision to be anything...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: A Toys-R-Us Antidote To Loneliness | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

...stranger stars in the political sky. He is a telegenic disaster with a sophisticated message and an aversion to hardball. Unlike Bill Clinton, he enjoys almost anything more than shaking hands with strangers. Yet when he ended his crusade for the White House last week, Tsongas in his own weird way had accomplished a lot. He had moved the Democratic Party toward the economic center, where he thought it belonged. He had gained respect and departed with uncommon grace. He had even complimented the media...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broke But Unbowed | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...weird sado-masochistic sport in a way, "Krishnan says. "You go out, suffer, and come back--you're beat before the day even starts...

Author: By Peggy L. Yeh, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Pumping Away: Cyclists Prep for Spring | 3/13/1992 | See Source »

...face, not merely a mask of passion or a symbol of social role. A little bareback rider's squinched-up face above the massive, churning crupper of a stallion in the Cirque Fernando, 1887-88; the Cyrano nose and signature black gloves of Yvette Guilbert; the weird cadaverous prancing of Valentin the Boneless -- these images live on as obdurately as the traits of Dickens' characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Cutting Through The Myth | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

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