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...left Gingrich weaker yet more entrenched. It could lead, as early as this week, to a complete reshuffling of his leadership team--just as negotiations with the White House on the year's most important legislation enter their critical stage. Says Florida Republican Mark Foley: "It's like a circular firing squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: READY, AIM, MISFIRE | 7/28/1997 | See Source »

...citing evidence showing the jet changed course near the last point it was sighted -- an impossibility if the plane was on automatic. TIME's Mark Thompson says the plane's course does not necessarily support the theory of an aircraft heist. "Air Force people are saying the plane's circular motion could have been due to the fact that the plane only had about 90 seconds worth of fuel left. And since the plane has two engines, it's highly unlikely they both would have cut out simultaneously. In other words, one engine could have provided the thrust to force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Search for Captain Button | 4/10/1997 | See Source »

Thomas was allegedly employed by a family in Roseville, Minnesota, that at first glance would not seem in need of his services. Gerald Dick, a dentist, and his wife Judy live on a wooded lane in a $450,000 house replete with circular drive and three-car garage. Their son James played some professional football; daughter Stacy Zehren is a lawyer in Chicago. Still, if the Roseville police are to be believed, the Dicks paid ex-con Thomas to do their holiday lifting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEY DIDN'T PAY RETAIL | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...houses. However, Harvard has crossed some lines. No longer just an influential parental figure, Harvard has gotten the God-complex. Yes, I'm afraid that Harvard University has been using it's might and power to control the weather. Perhaps this sounds rash; after all, we all had that circular picture of evaporation and rain in our eighth grade textbooks, but by looking at some evidence, it appears our weather is indeed being tampered with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Controls the Weather | 12/14/1996 | See Source »

...half pipe (a "vert ramp," for those in the know) stands against the far wall, comprising a semi-circular ramp with metal pipes on its upper edges...

Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: DESTINATION | 10/22/1996 | See Source »

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