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Mighty Odysseus--Homeric hero, victorious conqueror, cunning adventurer--beat the Cyclops, overcame the temptations of female goddesses and survived the wrath of Poseidon. Yet even mighty Odysseus had to tie himself to the mast of his ship in order to resist the alluring songs of the Sirens, a band of...

Author: By Kathrine A. Meyers, | Title: HARVARD'S LITTLE MERMAID: A MODERN-DAY ODYSSEY | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

The idea of going into the woods with anindividual of indeterminate gender underscores theuncertainty inherent in 'net relationships. Whenhaving 'netsex, the information one "partner"knows about the other is highly selective andoften false. After all, what can they give you?The Michelangelo Virus? There is a certainexcitement for many in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: cyber sex | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

MARRIED. Scott ("Cyclops") Summers, 30, whose eyes shoot powerful "optic beams"; and Jean Grey, 30, possessor of telepathic and telekinetic powers; both founding members of the X-Men, a private group of gifted mutants who battle social injustice; at the X-mansion in Salem Center, in New York's Westchester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Feb. 7, 1994 | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

When you come to bat, dare to swing against Oakland native Dave Stewart, the game's most feral competitor, whose "death stare" would spook Cyclops. Or face Bob Welch, the first American League pitcher since 1968 to win 26 games in a season. Try hitting a grounder through the A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Streaking Hard for the Top | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

Which is a biologist's way of saying horseshoe crabs are repulsive. The scientific name, Limulus polyphemus, loosely translates as "slant-eyed Cyclops." But horseshoe crabs are not really crabs at all. They are arthropods, distant relatives of scorpions and spiders.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Jersey Shoreline | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

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