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Dinosaur lore has it that Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of the giant lizards, was the meanest creature ever to roam the earth: 10 m (33 ft.) long with 15-cm (6-in.) teeth and a voracious appetite. But fossilized claw, skull and jaw bones found in a quarry in eastern Utah point to a dinosaur that, while smaller than Tyrannosaurus, was probably a whole lot nastier. Labeled the "Utahraptor" until a more suitable scientific name can be found, the 7-m (20-ft.), one-ton beast is the largest specimen ever seen of a variety of dinosaur known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now For Something Really Nasty | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...candy business is really fun," said Steven S. Nicole, president of Creative Confection Concepts, a group that markets jaw...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Convention Exhibits Array of Sugary Treats | 7/24/1992 | See Source »

...through Peter's decent bafflement. Ryan, new to the part, must work hard to get under Rita's skin, which she does beautifully at about the time someone else invades it. And Walker, a stage veteran, has the knack of expressing despair and ecstasy with the sag of a jaw, the wink of a smile. He is a priceless gift in a dowdy package...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Frog Princess | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

That is just double-talk. Of course nationalists are in power in Serbia, embodied in this pudgy-faced man with a belligerent jaw who has seized on generations of ethnic hatreds and resentments to turn what was Yugoslavia into a slaughterhouse. There are, as Milosevic rightly insists, "no innocent sides" in the civil war, nor is he the only unsavory populist who has emerged from more than four decades of communism. But he is far and away the most destructive. More than any other single person, Milosevic is responsible for the bloodshed by his unyielding determination to see all Serbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slobodan Milosevic:The Butcher of the Balkans | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...section marked "Music From Around the World," customers can find a musical spoon, a jaw harp or even a kazoo...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Store Is Also Playground | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

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