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...nesting habits of the prehistoric beasts. Most dinosaurs, like modern reptiles, probably laid eggs, even though few nests have ever been unearthed. Young argues that the reptiles sought out isolated sites and used them repeatedly. Reason: he found shells in at least six layers of nests. Says Paleontologist Harley Armstrong of the Museum of Western Colorado: "This is a great detective story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Dinosaur Eggs Unscrambled | 8/3/1987 | See Source »

That situation should bode well for short-term U.S. competitiveness, but discontent among American workers is rising. Says Harley Shaiken, a labor economist at the University of California at San Diego: "It amounts to a reversal of the American dream." Agrees Rudy Oswald, chief economist for the AFL-CIO: "There is a growing feeling of 'We won't take any more of this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Lament: All Work and Less Pay | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

...doing its best to defy description at any length, has some potential in this regard. It posits a Caribbean voodoo cult that offers unlimited worldly power to people willing to sacrifice their young sons in its rituals. And it brings a newly widowed father (Martin Sheen) and his son (Harley Cross) into menacing proximity with the evildoers. A well-made horror film would focus tightly on the son's menaced innocence and force us to share the father's fears as the portents of doom gather about him, his ferocity when at last he must defend his child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Zitskrieg the Believers | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...HARLEY O. STAGGERS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard in the 99th Congress | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

Fortunately I had borrowed a friend's Harley and was able to inch my way out of the tangle onto the immaculate median strip and soon was laying down tracks at a cool 90 mph. Like many things in Russia, the weather here is designed for one purpose only: to ward off potential invaders. But with the wind in my hair the heat was quite pleasant, and I felt a quiet sense of pride at the American's ability to improvise lanes of traffic...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: My May Day With Mikhail | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

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