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This past weekend, as my co-columnist Abby was accosted and unceremoniously abducted by a 100-page "essay" due in less than two weeks, I (Andrea) was also attacked. By two large men in black plastic suits...

Author: By Abigail R. Branch, | Title: Defending Ourselves | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

...could have one fight and make a million, I'd be totally into it," Joy said. "As it is now, I could never cover the plastic surgery I'd have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Liu Finds Place in the Fight Game | 3/10/1998 | See Source »

Every child under five receives a plastic bracelet, which entitles the wearer to a protein biscuit and a bowl of gruel. The bands are coded; blue for severely malnourished; red for those on the verge of death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1989-1998 Transformation | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...find. The bar hides on the opposite corner below a small white sign that reads "Bud," and, underneath, "Wally's Cafe." Bud is printed many times larger than the actual name of the establishment and gives no hint about the emphasis of the business. A blue poster behind plastic lists the musical line-up for 1995. Like a billboard for defunct business, the curling paper brags about "some of the biggest names in the jazz business," and warns the wary patron "not to be surprised when you see famous people in Wally...

Author: By Jonathan B. Stein, | Title: Destination: South End | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

Skee-ball: 3,000 tickets win you a squirt gun, a spider ring, a plastic change purse, a cheap harmonica, a Chinese finger trap and her heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: groovy train | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

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