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...almost immediately. First the production's entire supply of wigs was lost for 3 1/2 weeks. The crew found Soviet accommodations to be spartan, transportation unreliable and toilet paper rough. "I had a miserable time," says Omar Sharif, who plays one of Peter's advisers. Bored with meals of beet-root salads, chicken and potatoes, Sharif took a trip to Paris and brought back cans of tuna, which he ate at night alone in his room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: From Russia, with Agony: Peter the Great | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...kinds of juicy, cheese-and-onion bedecked concoctions at reasonable prices. Even cheaper, although greasier, are the cheeseburger platters at Charlie's Kitchen (10 Eliot St.), the self-proclaimed "double cheeseburger king," and Buddie's Sirloin Pit (39 Brattle St.), where you can get great fries and plenty of beet...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: This Guide's for You | 7/16/1985 | See Source »

...guards escorted him to the lavatory. The prisoner emerged brandishing a snub-nosed handgun. He disarmed his guards--two of whom had black belts in karate--and ordered the pilot to fly the American Airlines DC-10 to Cuba. Thus Ishmail Muslim Ali, 37, formerly known as Ishmael La Beet, once again made headlines as the Virgin Islands' most notorious criminal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hijackings: Seeking Haven in Havana | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

...fans go nuts and there's tennis balls all over the place and coaches turn beet red," says Jay North...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Outstanding Debt | 2/24/1984 | See Source »

...Gary W. Hart has devoted a good deal of time to highlighting his relatively young age (46) and his understanding of the concerns of the post-War generation. The centerpiece of his education platform is his so-called American Defense Education Act. a program be proposed last year to beet up teaching in much, science, and computer...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Education and Big Politics | 2/15/1984 | See Source »

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