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The hard-charging Mexican chains have carefully catered to regional tastes as they have grown. W.R. Grace's El Torito goes so far as to grind its beef in Southwestern cities like Houston and Dallas and to shred it in San Francisco and Los Angeles, where diners prefer it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Enchilada Millionaires | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

Along with the social games, though, a lot of intellectual choices have to be made, courses picked, books bought. Will it be the class known as "Slums and Bums" (Urban Government) or "Nuts and Sluts" (Abnormal Psychology)? The students joke about these things because they know the choices are serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Five Ways to Wisdom | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

But swing-wing planes are difficult to build. They require greater structural strength, weigh more and burn more fuel than a comparable fixed-wing aircraft. As far back as 1945, Robert T. Jones of NASA's Ames Research Center, who proposed the first U.S. swept-wing aircraft, saw a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Scissor-Wings for NASA | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

For seconds the spectators sat frozen, apparently thinking that the assault was part of the show. Sadat rose as if preparing to salute the onrushing men. As the truth bore in with each relentless round of fire, the sounds of frightened screams and crashing chairs exploded, and the crowd stampeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sadat: How It Happened | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

Now is the time when Reagan must be ready to turn away from some pet campaign promises and gently sidestep some of his narrow-minded supporters. He must glimpse the onrushing world in its true colors and use his wisdom to solve problems, heedless of politics and sometimes even of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Road Ends, Drive Carefully | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

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