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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, scientists have learned quite a bit about pterosaurs. For example, they know that the first pterosaurs shared a common ancestor with the dinosaurs and appeared on earth at roughly the same time. The earliest pterosaurs sported long, bony tails that functioned as dynamic stabilizers. By contrast, later models looked more like birds, with their tails shrunken to stubs and their necks and heads greatly elongated. They lacked feathers, but their bodies were probably wrapped in a thick, furlike cloak. The range in size of pterosaurs was enormous. Some were as small and sprightly as robins, while others--like Quetzalcoatlus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AGE OF PTEROSAURS | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...many people in the country are as familiar with the workings of the Bible's first book as Visotzky, an expert in Midrash, the authoritative early rabbinical parsings of Scripture, or Torah. Yet in the late 1980s, an impending divorce led to what the rabbi describes as "a bit of a religious crisis." Suddenly, when he read the Torah aloud in temple, the patriarchs of Genesis seemed all too familiar. Abraham and his wife Sarah bickering. Abraham appearing to endanger his marriage to get ahead in the world. Abraham and Sarah acting appallingly to their children. "The blinders fell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GENESIS RECONSIDERED | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...want to dominate them up front," captain Sean Riley said. "They are a very good defense with good athletes, but they are a little bit small...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Football Looks for Second Straight Win Against Tigers | 10/26/1996 | See Source »

...those Peninsula staffers who objected to the name-calling in Kaufman's piece, maybe you should read Griffith's article. He too used quite a bit of name-calling. Self-proclaimed "God-fearing conservatives" should know about...

Author: By Shawn Zeller, | Title: READER REPRESENTATIVE | 10/25/1996 | See Source »

...resident raised the window a little bit to speak to the suspects. Identifying themselves as undergraduates living in Lowell House, the Hispanic male requested $5 and said they would return the money in a few minutes...

Author: By Ariel R. Frank, | Title: Student Robbed Through Screen In Wigglesworth | 10/24/1996 | See Source »

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