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That contemporary version of a river raft belongs to Millroy, who enlists Jilly in his mission to purify America's digestive system. It's a sewer, he says, clogged with grease, sugar and the flesh of slaughtered mammals. The wizard preaches the loaves-and-fishes diet. His nutritional guide is the Bible: "The book of life. The book of food. The book of meals and miracles." % In its pages he finds the secrets of longevity and regularity. From Ezekiel come the ingredients for bread. Daniel serves lentils, and Nahum offers figs. Millet, barley, honeycombs and melons tumble from holy writ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: High-Fiber Moralist | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

Walsh was reportedly out to bilk a savings bank for many years ran a television commercial featuring animated characters from the Wizard of Oz as spokespersons...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: DART BOARD | 2/26/1994 | See Source »

There remain a handful of small clubs like TheWillow that continue to offer live jazz almostnightly, clubs like Ryles in Inman Square andWally's in Boston. The Middle East in CentralSquare, besides offering up indie rock,occasionally brings in avant-guard jazz:clarinet-wizard Don Byron came in January, andsaxophonist Dewey Redman will be there February16. And the Square's own House of Blues mixes NewOrleans jazz in with their regular blues shows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Garzone is now | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...wizard's brew from the magical duo Dead Can Dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazine Contents Page | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...Martin Davis, the embattled chairman of Paramount Communications, these are soul-trying times. Just four months ago, Davis engineered a merger agreement with MTV-owner Viacom Inc. that would have made him chief executive of one of the world's media giants. But Hollywood wizard Barry Diller, who now chairs the QVC home-shopping network, crashed in with a hostile bid for Paramount that triggered the first major takeover battle of the 1990s. Paramount directors spurned Diller at first but endorsed his bid in December after Delaware court rulings compelled them to entertain all offers. The board last week reaffirmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paramount Chairman Martin Davis, the Odd Man Out | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

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