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...been 43 years since James Dean turned to his nemesis in Rebel Without a Cause, right before each got behind the wheel of his car in a race that would send one of them to the boneyard, and asked a simple question: "Why do we do this...
Tripoli worked with co-owner John Denley, who is known as "Professor Nightmare," and Jim Derotti, of Boneyard Productions, to plan the details of Dracula's Castle...
Painstaking as the rover's exploration of Ares Vallis will be, it should be worth the effort. The water that flooded the valley billions of years ago came from all over the planet, carrying all manner of rocks with it. Sojourner will pick through this geological boneyard, photographing the remains and using X-ray spectrometers to study their composition...
...these undertakings necessary? They may be sound environmentally, as they involve soil rotation, but things could easily get out of control. Picture the earth as one vast upturned boneyard. Did Isadora Duncan actually hang herself? Did Trotsky walk into a door? One dead President deserves another. Some overeager investigator may lobby to dig up Calvin Coolidge, to determine if he was ever alive. Now that one mentions it, who is buried in Grant's tomb...
...more than ever the tiger's mystique is its ticket to the boneyard. If Asian cultures no longer revere the tiger as a god, many still believe that the animal is the source of healing power. Shamans and practitioners of traditional medicine, especially the Chinese, value almost every part of the cat. They believe that tiger-bone potions cure rheumatism and enhance longevity. Whiskers are thought to contain potent poisons or provide strength; pills made from the eyes purportedly calm convulsions. Affluent Taiwanese with flagging libidos pay as much as $320 for a bowl of tiger-penis soup, thinking...