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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...final death toll stood at 47. Not until Friday afternoon could rescuers retrieve the bodies of three crew members who had been trapped inside the lead locomotive, buried in 15 feet of mud. Miraculously, some passengers managed to escape even from a car totally submerged in the bayou. Bill Crosson, 57, had grabbed his wife Vivian, 52, holding her down so she wouldn't be thrown about as the train fell into the swamp. Water then came rushing in. "It just filled so quickly," he says. "All I could think about was 'we're goners.' " But the couple found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death By Fire and Water | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...became obsessed with food -- with growing it, gathering it, preparing it, consuming it. One of them, Sally Silverstone, has published a cookbook called, appropriately, Eating In. The plan was that the Biospherians would grow their own abundant supplies of fruit and vegetables. But their garden was designed by the crew's doctor, Roy Walford, author of a book (The 120-Year Diet) that advocates longevity through an extremely low- calorie diet. As a result, they were often hungry -- a situation that seems to have put everyone but Walford on edge. Tempers flared when the chili sauce got too hot. Crockery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Back to Earth | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

What are the Biospherians not talking about? Sex. The crew deflect questions about what went on in their private quarters after dark, although a source close to them confides that there were romances before they went in. The crew often laugh about what outsiders must think of these eight unmarried folks living together under one roof, however large. (In one inside joke, As the World Turns becomes As the Biosphere Recycles.) But it is also apparent that interpersonal relations were tricky enough without unnecessary complications. "I can't say we were all angels in there," confesses co-founder Mark Nelson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Back to Earth | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

Police are looking for a Black male, between 18 and 22 years old, with a thin build and black hair styled in a crew cut. At the time he was spotted, the suspect was wearing a red t-shirt, sweat pants and black high-topsneakers, Rooney said...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Prescott Street Prowler Sought | 9/24/1993 | See Source »

...said one of the most important criteria inchoosing the annual show is finding a script thatcontinues to amuse the cast and crew...

Author: By Robin J. Stamm, | Title: Romans in Drag Are Pudding Show Stars | 9/24/1993 | See Source »

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