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There is still a chance that what Griest found was some bizarre kind of variable star, but the fact that the French saw the same flicker in an entirely different type of star argues against that possibility. The next step is to comb through another million observations already stored in the computer. If nothing more shows up, it means MACHOs alone can't account for all the dark matter. Attention would then shift to the hunt for undiscovered subatomic particles. But if several more MACHOs -- Griest won't say exactly how many -- pop out of the computer, then they could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twinkles in the Dark | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...sisters remember the eczema. "I'd wake up in the middle of the night and hear her scratching herself with a comb or brush," says Nan. "I don't think she ever slept the night through." When Sue was 12, a malignant tumor appeared on her forehead; doctors were able to remove it, but more than 10 operations were needed to rebuild her eyebrow and part of her eyelid. "I just remember, she always had a big bandage around her head," says Mary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sisters Of Mercy | 5/31/1993 | See Source »

...wait for vacations when they can return to their hometown hair cutter, most say the trips are too far apart to prevent bad hair days--and a baseball cap may not be the answer to all their follicle problems. Instead, they must make arrangements with someone near Harvard to comb away their problems--and their options abound...

Author: By Alex B. Livingston, | Title: CUT ABOVE THE REST | 4/24/1993 | See Source »

Still, some of the writing is just plain brilliant. In one scene, Oberon and Titania exchange some witty cereal puns: "Let's just be Frankenberry the hatchet," "Honey Comb home, (Although the tag-line--"Oh, Nut 'n' Honey"--is predictable...

Author: By John A. Cloud and Beth L. Pinsker, S | Title: AN EVENING WITH KNIGHTS IN SHINING DRAG | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

...begin trying to flush Clinton out of his comfortable moderate's nest and portray his opponent as just another tax-and-spend liberal Democrat with neither the experience nor the ability to deal with the nation's problems. The Bush team is sure to run a fine-tooth comb over Clinton's 12-year record as what Republicans are calling "the failed Governor of a small Southern state." And they will revive questions about his Vietnam War draft status by claiming, as Pat Buchanan did last week, that Clinton lacks the moral authority to make military decisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come the Big Guns | 8/31/1992 | See Source »

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