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...Crimson (2-1 overall, 0-1 Ivy) had not let the wet, heavy field spoil the debut of a new lineup and a new look--a direct, attacking game that defeated Hartford, 2-1, yesterday...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Men Booters Blast Past Hartford, 2-1 | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

...health fears often bring windfall business, as the manufacturers of sun block and condoms can attest. This season the booming product is insect repellent. The near hysteria over tick-borne Lyme disease, along with a proliferation of other buzzing pests because of wet weather, has sent the sales of bug spray and lotion rising at double-digit rates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSECT REPELLENTS: Bugging Ticks For Profits | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

...Heady-Ashburn cattle ranch in Arizona's Sonoran Desert, Sonny and Nancy McCuistion and their two hired hands head for the cow troughs. "The cows are a little surprised at first, but they're gentle," says Nancy. "Of course when you get out, it feels funny riding back in wet Levi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Come On In, The Water's Fine! | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...even possible to be wet and hip at the same time. In Manhattan's East Village, best explored with a bodyguard, the trendies dine at Cave Canem, a converted Turkish bathhouse serving a Roman feast, where the dance floor abuts a 7-ft. by 9-ft. pool. Summer Tuesdays and Thursdays are swimming nights. Says Owner Hayne Suthon, as she wrings out her hair in a towel: "It's the only place you can go swimming in New York without cement shoes and garbage bags." And the wildlife is spectacular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Come On In, The Water's Fine! | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...expressing their feelings through the poetry of pop songs. Like Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective, which also knew how potent cheap music is, Davies' film is laced with dozens of postwar tunes to counterpoint or underline the narrative. In the pub where everyone stops by "just to wet the baby's head," Eileen's pal Micky (Debi Jones) sings an effervescent Buttons and Bows, and Eileen pours her own seething frustration into a passionate rendition of I Wanna Be Around to Pick Up the Pieces. The musky wisp of Ella Fitzgerald's Taking a Chance on Love helps explain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Family Ties | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

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