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Same whiskers, thick wrinkled skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Last Chance for the Manatee | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

Remember the manifold possibilities--if the thought of running thymidine kinase assay on enzyme preparation enthralls you, by all means go for it. Summers are too spare to squander; soon, its surreal quality will dissipate in a thick breeze. The files at OCS-OCL will translate into experience, grafted, crafted and carved by those who leaf through the binders. Aspire to a tome; accept a novelette. Hope that the thick breeze never loses its consequence, and never eschew the search

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: Worshipping the Idol of Idle Idylls | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

...used for detecting leaks in natural-gas pipelines. Now a Texas entrepreneur named J.W. Small is promoting it as a rape repellent. Rapel, as his $9.95 product is called, is an inch-long plastic cylinder that contains a fragile glass ampoule of the obnoxious fluid. The pencil-thick device can be clipped to the inside of a dress, bra or nightgown; when pressed lightly, the ampoule breaks, releasing the ardor-killing odor. One rape crisis expert frets that Rapel "lulls the user into a false sense of security." Perhaps, but another drawback has already been solved: each package comes with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odds & Trends: Odds & Trends | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...rollerskates, he spends hours each week sliding back and forth in stocking feet across a 10-ft. formica-covered slideboard, an exercise that mimics the speed skater's side-to-side stroking of the ice. After eight years of such routines, Heiden's thighs are oak thick in circumference: 29 in. each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: A Stunning Show, After All | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

...photo finish with the front-runners would put Connally "right in the thick of the battle" and have a "big influence" in the Florida primary three days later, in which Connally does not expect to do as well, Malone says. "if the election were held today in Florida, Connally would be third or fourth," Malone admits...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: New Hampshire is Only the Beginning | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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