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...steamed broccoli. And a Coke." In his soft tenor voice, he discusses nutrition: "Do you like it when your sandwich is burned like that? That's not supposed to be good for you. But it sure tastes good, though." He chats with the waiter: "Does this bread get thrown away? It could go to the homeless. They'd only have a little-bit-later lunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Lynch: Czar of Bizarre | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

...paradise, the doors are closed and locked. What kind of socialism is that? What kind of shit is it when you have to keep people in chains? Some curse me for the times I opened the doors. If God had given me the chance to continue, I would have thrown the doors and windows wide open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khrushchev's Secret Tapes | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

Silverado's officers had thrown prudent banking practices to the wind, and before long the S&L was locked into a constant seesaw battle with regulators. Says a former Silverado executive: "They began playing musical chairs with their auditors, and all kinds of things were going on between the federal regulators and management because of the dubious appraisals on property. Silverado would lend a developer $10 million, plus the money he needed to pay the interest on the loan, and then when the developer came back in a year after repaying nothing, they would roll the whole loan over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running with A Bad Crowd: Neil Bush & the $1 billion Silverado debacle | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

...coach jawed for awhile, but no blows were thrown, as UConn Assistant Coaches Eric Swallow and Jeff Spear were able to restrain Morrone...

Author: By P.i. Rosenthal, | Title: `Slugger' Morrone Excites the Fans | 9/26/1990 | See Source »

Given the pressing demands of the current crisis, King Fahd has asked women to volunteer to perform "human services and medical services." This, he added, would be in the context of "fully preserving" Islamic values. Still, say some Saudi watchers, men and women will inevitably be thrown together in the workplace, just as American men and women were during the World War II mobilization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Lifting The Veil | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

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