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This new brew, says Katz, not only tasted great but was very filling; it was almost equal to animal protein for nutrition. Furthermore, alcoholic intoxicants have "a very special significance in every society," he notes. All these pluses "provided the extra motivation to make sure they had the seeds around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: History With Gusto | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Did someone forget to inform Robert Townsend that a Hollywood picture costs serious money, like $15 million? Why else would anyone have the nerve to launch a movie on a savings account of just $20,000? For Townsend, the film's director and star, a strong entrepreneurial urge overcame weak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lights! Camera! Cut the Budget! | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

Artistically, Starlight hurtles toward the freight yards of fiasco. Even by its own standards -- its creators seek to be judged in the context of Disneyland, not Sweeney Todd -- it is too much of the same thing going on for too long. And unlike Disneyland, Starlight is a passive experience: the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Toward The Freight Yards of Fiasco STARLIGHT EXPRESS | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

As competition in the credit-card business intensifies, many lenders are blatantly trying to lure customers from rivals. People's Bank of Connecticut, which charges an unusually low 11.5% interest on its MasterCard, will lend people the money they need to pay off other credit-card balances and switch to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charge of The Plastic Brigade | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

The preliminaries are finally over, the pipes assembled and tuned, and it is time to do some serious piping. Britton straps himself into his instrument like a fighter pilot getting ready for combat. First comes the bellows, a smaller version of the fireplace variety, belted next to his body and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philadelphia Piping | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

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