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...spent a lovely, suburban day--the niece's cup-cake breasts and loamy loins glistening by the pool, steak-red and turgidly dripping on the hungry coals, and cooly dropped comments on New York, Harvard, and ocean racing. Early the next morning we joined the lines of commuters heading into Minneapolis. He did not look forward to facing the rest of the bank's directors, he was tired and felt as he had prior to "a previous emotional altercation." A light rain on the windshield mixed the city with the sky, making the outline of the buildings nearly indistinguishable...

Author: By Jim Tyson, | Title: Chariots of the Gods | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...themselves through theatrical gestures: Bunny, swilling a bottle of Scotch ("horse piss") on her balcony and threatening to jump; Lucille presiding over a spaghetti dinner like Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu, stabbing stray meatballs on others' plates with birdlike speed; Francis excoriating his family and friends and demolishing his birthday cake; his father describing the day his wife left home, whereupon he took a pickaxe, smashed the sidewalk, and planted a fig tree that has grown into a majestic symbol of le Beau Geste...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Smashing the Sidewalk | 3/6/1980 | See Source »

...Thomas E. Dewey: "How can the Republican Party nominate a man who looks like the bridegroom on a wedding cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Malicious Wit | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

Tofu, or bean curd, a custard-like cake made from curdled soybean milk, was a favorite of Taoist priests in ancient China. Now Americans are learning to use the nearly tasteless curd (flavoring must be added) to replace cheese in cheesecake and meat in burgers. A 4-oz. serving of tofu has nearly as much protein as an equal amount of hamburger but fewer calories (150 vs. 237) and no cholesterol. At 99? per lb., it is also cheaper. One large supplier, the New England Soy Dairy, Inc. of Greenfield, Mass., peddled 300 to 500 lbs. of curd a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odds & Trends: Odds & Trends | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...stardom as Fonzi, not only made the presentation himself, but donned a tweed suit for the occasion. "There is a lot of 167 episodes in this jacket," said he fondly, reminiscing over the stains that were made on it by hard work, makeup and even a piece of cake that was mashed into it on cue. "It changed my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 25, 1980 | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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