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...show hosts. The rumor machine is cranking out bogus stories about her face (lifted), her sex life (either nonexistent or all too active) and her marriage (a sham). Many of the stories are attributed to the Secret Service in an attempt to give the tales credibility. She denies the yarn about her throwing a lamp (or Bible or vase), then wonders about the sources. "Why are they telling lies about me? What is it about me? It's strange. Obviously something has to be going on. People are out there trying to promote this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At The Center Of POWER | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

Leolo finally declares, "And I shall rest my head between two worlds, in the Valley of the Vanquished." That is where we all live, suspended between childhood and its haunting afterimage. Hollywood wants us to think of youth as a ripping yarn, where every adventure has a happy ending. Leolo sees childhood as the acid test for maturity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Childhood | 4/5/1993 | See Source »

Another piece features a latex condom surrounded by an oblong baby blanket-like cover of blue, yellow, pink and white yarn...

Author: By Heather M. Leslie, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: City Celebrates AIDS Day With Condom Art Show | 12/2/1992 | See Source »

...mall, which lies between Tower Records andWordsworth Books, housed seven stores includingGnomon Copy, Little Russia, The Inside Corner, TheMillion Year Picnic-a comic book store, Woolcott &Co. the yarn store, Tumbleweed and Le FootSportif. The mall is now entirely boarded up, itsentrance roped off and surrounded by shatteredglass...

Author: By Nicole D. Maurer, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Fire Closes Down 99 Mt. Auburn St. | 11/17/1992 | See Source »

...separate the seven basic types and relatively cheap simply to manufacture virgin plastics. Wellman Inc., of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, has emerged as a leader in recycling so-called PET bottles, the most common clear plastic containers for liquid, turning discarded ones into furniture textiles, tennis * balls, electrical equipment and yarn for polyester carpet. The Coca-Cola Co. services major markets nationwide with two-liter bottles made of 25% recycled PET plastic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Recycling Bottleneck | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

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