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...stint at the Minneapolis Tribune, the move proved personally disastrous. "I wasn't used to Midwestern reticence," says the voluble Brody. "I felt very isolated and different. So I turned to food." Eventually she ballooned to 140 lbs., and there she floated until a kind of epiphany. "I just woke up in the middle of the night and said, 'I'm killing myself.' I decided that if I was going to be fat, at least I was going to be healthy. From that day on, I started eating regular meals and always carried a healthy snack with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: See Jane Run (and Do Likewise) | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...best of times. And when I woke up next morning, I knew it was the worst of times...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Dazed and Confused | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

Andrei slept badly. He cried in his sleep, and I woke him twice. In his sleep he thought he was still in the hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At War with the KGB | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...like a half-field scrimmage," Scalise said of his team's second-stanza revival. "People just woke up and responded very well to the situation...

Author: By Arthur Rublin, | Title: Friars Bow to Unbeaten Women Booters | 10/1/1986 | See Source »

...time America woke up and smelled the coffee. Instead of making shady deals for short-term domestic gains, we must play straight on the world market. It's time we started dealing honestly with ourselves--and honestly with our friends...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Grain Pain | 9/24/1986 | See Source »

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