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...contention that all species had once coexisted. The arguments were precariously based on the widely held belief that bipedal dinosaurs stepped toe first when walking, a conclusion bolstered by the fact that their tracks usually include only the front part of the foot and the three toes, with the heel generally faint or missing. At Paluxy, some prints are oblong and toeless. True, they are 15 to 20 in. long, but, argue creationists, they could conceivably have been made by biblical giants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Defeat for Strict Creationists | 6/30/1986 | See Source »

...optimism fades to concern with mention of the team's achille's heel: injuries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Squads Hoping to Ward Off Outdoor Injuries | 4/1/1986 | See Source »

...always disappointing when an engaging heel abandons his unprinciples to embrace moral uplift. Especially since Power has already made its points about the manipulation of political imagery in the sharply satirical sequences that show Pete creating TV spots for his candidates --sequences full of conviction, energy and a knowing cynicism that are missing from the film's more exhortatory passages. Around these later commercials for responsibility the air of the obligatory ever hovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Of Cabbageheads and Kingfish Power | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...caught it and shot it in one motion," said Manhattan assistant coach Bob Dellebovi describing a Tar Heel's fluid motions during his team's loss to UNC. "There was nothing our kids could...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: No Doubt About It | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

...again, going out without asking. Lori calls after him. The session winds up. The other children are putting away their Magic Markers. Lori calls, "Michael, you'd better be back in this room by the count of five." Michael re-enters at four, crushes a plastic cup under his heel, crumples his picture and throws it into the trash can. Lori stares at him. He runs toward Ralphy and slaps Ralphy's self-portrait out of his hand. He laughs, slams the door to the room from the inside. As the other children slip on their jackets, Michael stands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

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