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Los Angeles sees nearly twice as many twisters as Oklahoma City, traditionally regarded as Tornado Central! Once, 100 million mice descended on Taft, Calif. (pop. 5,000)! In 1995 L.A. became "the nation's capital of racial (539 crimes) and sexual orientation (338 crimes) violence"! And the recent rout of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ecology Of Fear | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

Anyone trying to recover in the wake of last week's visit by Hurricane Bonnie probably isn't feeling especially lucky at the moment. Good fortune isn't the first thing you think of when your living room is full of mud, your roof is missing, your power has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting For Hurricane X | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

To me, it's obvious why E. coli and many other viruses and contaminants are spreading: overpopulation. So long as we humans continue with our thoughtless breeding practices, forests will be cut down, wetlands will be drained and animals will be bred for meat, ensuring a long future of new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 24, 1998 | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

The U.S. hasn't yet released its own damage assessment because of heavy clouds over the target area. Don't expect any dramatic reports: "Battle damage assessment is almost an oxymoron here," notes TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "This was a couple of tents and an obstacle course -- we probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghan Strike: Hit or Miss? | 8/21/1998 | See Source »

NAIROBI: Investigators probing the U.S. embassy blast which killed 254 people last week will have to rely more on the painstaking search for forensic evidence than on "eyewitness" accounts. TIME reporter Clive Mutiso explains: "I arrived at the scene within moments of the blast and there was nothing there but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Embassy Bomb: Can I Get a Witness? | 8/12/1998 | See Source »

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