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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno offers this: "Jaws on fast-running legs." The monster had enormous jaws, which it used to grab and crunch into its prey and which largely explain why it's head was so huge. T. rex's legs were massive as well, allowing the 2.5-ton dinosaur to run its victims down like a racehorse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiny T. Rex: Fossil Shows the Dino King Started Small | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

There was something different about the resurrection of Dinosaur Jr. even from its abstract beginnings. Before Pavement brought the slacker ethos to its natural, albeit eccentric climax, the reformed hardcore punks J. Mascis and Lou Barlow, along with drummer Murph, sculpted murky, long-range guitar workouts for the laid-back and the incidentally employed. Mascis’ twangy intonation rendered the kind of vocal performance that seemed as surprised as the listener with the craggy and uncompromisingly melodic. Not unlike the generation of grunge bands it inspired, it never seemed meant to last. Well-beloved but critically understated in general...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dinosaur Jr. | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...today’s Gen Ed program. Simmons discussed how Gen Ed addresses two main themes: change and globalization. “Things change, and they change quickly,” Simmons said. “The hot new computer that you just got for college will be a dinosaur by the time you’re a junior.” The curricular implementation has sparked concerns from students and faculty members about the number of requirements, the broadness of the guidelines defining the eight course categories, and similarities to the Core curriculum. “Creating and instituting...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Admins Discuss Gen Ed Program | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

...week in May (this year: Wolverine), reaches its twin peaks the weeks of Memorial Day and July 4, then gradually subsides. We're still in midsummer, yet there's only one ginormous action adventure (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) awaiting release, and not a cartoon hero or a dinosaur - or a cartoon dinosaur - in sight. Suddenly it's the time of real people learning how to cope with recognizable problems. The Hollywood kind of problems - the ones that can be solved in under two hours. (See the 100 best movies of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falling Out of Love with Romantic Comedies | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...with morning coffee and a homemade cake at Bread & Butter, tel: (44) 7944 607405, a tiny vintage-style café in the Northern Quarter. Then I'd jump in a cab down to Manchester Museum, tel: (44-161) 275 2634. It has a mammal gallery, an Egyptian collection and dinosaur bones, all housed in Gothic Victorian splendor. Afterward, I'd head to the Lowry Hotel, tel: (44-161) 827 4000, just across the river in Salford for afternoon tea on the River Bar terrace. They serve pastel-colored macaroons and the best sandwiches in Manchester. In the evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Perfect Day in ...Manchester | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

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