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Sometimes the pilgrims asked advice: about a lover who'd thrown them out, about a job they hated, or a job they could not find. Their language ranged from a barrage of blasphemies to curious inquiries. Most of them knew each other by name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coffee Is A State Of Mind | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

tetanus shot: what you need to get after you get thrown or fall into the Charles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Primer: Head of the Charles from A to Z | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...cereal is made in the shapes of things that taste good with milk--cookies and ice cream cones, for example. Should Coke become the chief breakfast drink, General Mills would have to introduce Blood-Shot-Eye-Bits, with four flavors of marshmallow rotted teeth thrown in Mary Lou Retton might have to dribble Coke on her face for the commercials...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Snap, Crackle and Pop | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

Champions again after 15 bleak Octobers, the Giants felt safe in Los Angeles last week until they were all thrown out of bed by the earthquake. "Oh jeez, this is it," Infielder Chris Speier thought, lifting himself off the floor. "The Reds are going to make the play-offs after all." Taking to the street barefoot, huddling away from the hotel in their underwear, the San Francisco players contemplated the fates. In August, after four straight games lost in the opponent's last at-bat, the Giants were five behind Cincinnati and facing a four-game Reds series and maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Carved Down to A Play-Off | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

That said, there is little doubt that Hite has tapped into a deep vein of female dissatisfaction with love relationships. "These are not happy days between the genders," observes Sociologist Amitai Etzioni of George Washington University. "All the rules have been thrown out, and everybody has to invent them as they go along. That's tough." Because of their traditional role as arbiters of relationships, many women see themselves as having to bear the brunt of that burden. "This nation is filled with burned-out women," says Joyce Maynard, 33, the New Hampshire author (Domestic Affairs) and mother of three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Back Off, Buddy | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

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