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...climbed and clawed each other's backs; and one locomotive was found fairly shelled, like a chick, inside of a passenger car in the antagonist train; and near a score of noble hearts, a bride and her groom, and an innocent little infant, were all disembarked into the grim hulk of Charon...Yet what's the use of complaining?... Don't the heavens themselves ordain these things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATURAL EVIL, OR MAN-MADE? | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

...since the very success of casinos can sometimes breed future failures when the market becomes oversaturated. Rock Island, Illinois, had to rebate more than three-quarters of a million dollars in gambling taxes when its casino revenues plummeted because of new competition from Iowa. In New Orleans the gargantuan hulk of a half-built casino, slated to be the world's largest, sits rusting on the edge of the French Quarter. The builder, Harrah's Jazz Co., is bankrupt, done in by an overly optimistic tax deal with the state. Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, once a gambling booster, now wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST ST. LOUIS PLACES ITS BET | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

Probing deeper into the problems of modern masculinity, Leyner's essay "Hulk Couture" is sure to become a manifesto for all non-jocks living in Mather-a perfect expression of their sartorial feelings toward the body-building lifestyle. In this piece, Leyner assumes the persona of a "buff buff" who advocates losing the spotter when one pumps iron because, "When there's nothing to keep a barbell stacked with 375 lbs. of iron plates from collapsing onto your throat but your own two arms...well, if that doesn't get the ol' fight-or-flight response going, then nothing will...

Author: By Mark Leyner, | Title: Leyner Imprints on Paranoid World | 3/23/1995 | See Source »

...water reduced the prospect of disease. Makers of goods ranging from helicopters to lingerie donated wares (the local yakuza had already turned themselves into neighborhood godfathers by dispensing necessities in their district), and tractors and cranes began working day and night to dig out victims and remove the huge hulk of the collapsed highway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: WHEN KOBE DIED | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

...HULK HOGAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Jul. 25, 1994 | 7/25/1994 | See Source »

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