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...familiar picture of the plodding, cold-blooded, dim-witted dinosaur inching his way through steamy swamps may look nice in coloring books and Saturday morning cartoons, but according to a leading paleontologist who spoke last night at Yenching Library, scholars in the field should know better...

Author: By Alison D. Morantz, | Title: Expert Says Dinosaurs Deserve Better Image | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

...years, the Hayden Planetarium has also supplemented the science curriculum of the Cambridge public schools, said Albert H. Giroux, director of public relations for the Cambridge school system. He said the planetarium provides free field trips for students and hosts teacher workshops. It is currently showing an exhibit of "dinosaur art" from the Cambridge elementary schools, he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston's Hayden Planetarium Celebrates 30th Anniversary | 10/4/1988 | See Source »

...spectacular rock formations. The crowds are growing so fast that park officials have had to enact a reservations-only system for the area's campsites. "It's hot and dusty, but it's the most spectacular riding I've ever done," says Doug Emerson of Boulder. "You expect a dinosaur or John Wayne and a bunch of bandits to come out from behind the rocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Summer Joy Riding | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

Carrie is just one more example, if an especially lurid one, of the self- destructive expansion of the Broadway musical. The form has become as ungainly and vulnerable as the dinosaur. Although the season just past is regarded as the strongest for musicals in a decade, eight of its 15 musical productions have closed, and two may soon join them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Biggest All-Time Flop Ever | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

...four octogenarians, that 26-mile ribbon of pain, the New York City Marathon. And Virginia Peckham, 69, known on San Clemente beach as "That Crazy Old Lady," riding an orange-and-white boogie board and shouting surfing mantras. And Etta Kallman, 77, writing knowingly about "The Metabolism of the Dinosaur" and winning awards for academic excellence from New York University. And Jane Stovall, 103 next week, a onetime milliner, author, tango dancer and seniors golf champion and, at 89, a student pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Grays on The Go | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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