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Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers liked to get behind the counter and whip up their own milkshakes. Gloria Swanson often dropped by in a chauffeur-driven limousine, and celluloid myth has it that Lana Turner was discovered there (she was not). Last week, 51 years after it opened its doors and became a tinseltown landmark, Schwab's drugstore dimmed its neon sign on Sunset Boulevard for the last time. Citing financial pressure and what he called a "family dispute," Leon Schwab, 72, the brother of Founder Jack, decided it was better to close than sell. For its many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 7, 1983 | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...kind of man that I would be, would be a rugby scrum half, cause I'd whip it out and she'd whip...

Author: By Steven M. Arkow, | Title: Harvard's Pig Roasting Ruggers Capture Ivies if Not Rucked Over | 11/5/1983 | See Source »

...whip it out together. --The Harvard Rugby Club Song Book...

Author: By Steven M. Arkow, | Title: Harvard's Pig Roasting Ruggers Capture Ivies if Not Rucked Over | 11/5/1983 | See Source »

...find that the program's 1,400-symbol capacity allows them to write only about 70 measures at a time, requiring them to print out long pieces in sections. Moreover, using the program at full capacity causes the tempo of the machine to slow down, while short pieces whip by too fast for the eye to follow in detail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Making Music with a Joy Stick | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

First it was by one length, then five, then ten. Coming into the stretch, Jockey Ron Turcotte did not bother to go to the whip as Secretariat poured it on. When he crossed the finish line, he had won by an incredible 31 lengths, the largest winning margin in the history of the Belmont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT 1973: One, Two, Three! Secretariat Wins the Triple Crown | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

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